I was looking for some alternative options outside of conventional financing with 15 to 20% down.

I'm looking at a multi-family property and one of the closing conditions for the bank to approve the loan is an environmental form that they want the seller to fill out.The seller says that he would open himself to liability if he filled the form out and hence doesn't want to fill it out.The seller and his agent are very difficult to deal with (rude, abrupt, and generally uncooperative) and the only reason I'm pursuing it is because the numbers look good and it's a strong property.The bank says the only alternative to the form being filled out is to have an expensive Phase I environmental assessment done.Are there any other alternatives to this?

I know listsource.com is a popular one, is there any alternatives out there people tend to use and have success with?

If the first date [21 days after tenant vacated] always resulted in accelerated "expiration", then the language in the paragraph would not make sense.I acknowledge your answer, but I would appreciate if you could corroborate your interpretation with an example (with or without early termination) where the 60 day rule would come into effect using an alternate definition of "expiration", or with case law.

PS I know the obviously solution is to hire someone to answer phones, but for 35-40k a year Id much rather find an alternate solution.Thanks All!

Your other stated alternative is Property Management, but while it may satisfy the 2nd purpose I highly doubt there's enough money to satisfy the 1st. 

I don't think you can do that if you don't actually own the property first.No, the REO's usually will not let any alternations to their contract.

So I had an idea that could potentially replace my original plan of living in a multifamily home and I wanted to know if it would be viable or not. I was thinking that instead of living in the property that I invested...

Both alternatives allow for the property to cash flow respective to their rent roll.Any guidance would be greatly appreciated, thank you!

.), are there alternative options?