Should investors be spending all their time and money finding motivated sellers?

I'd say about 60% of the time FHA will not work for someone that already owns real estate, but you haven't thus far identified anything that would put you in that 60%, and in fact with that explanation for motivation you just gave I'd say you're odds of "true denial" (instead of "loan originator is misinformed denial") are reduced from about 60% to 40%.

The type of financing comes later.You might want to try and understand their motivation first.

On the other hand, I don’t know if I’ll be motivated enough to go college in a few years, so I might as well get it out of the way when i get back right?

I got a call from a motivated seller/ seasoned landlord he has multiple properties with 100% equity.

I got a call from a motivated seller/ seasoned landlord he has multiple properties with 100% equity.

I got a call from a motivated seller/ seasoned landlord he has multiple properties with 100% equity.

It doesn't sound like he's particularly motivated, otherwise he'd be talking more like: "Just take over my payments, please!"

@David Whitehair I would go talk to seller first to gather more information, see how motivated they are to actually do something.

It seems to me that until you own the property the sons have no real motivation to move.