In the last ~2 years we have upgraded ~220+ units and our flooring in the bathrooms has always been either TrafficMaster Allure Vinyl Plank (the stick down flexible product) or 12"x 24" Porcelain Tile all depending on our budgets/community demographics. 

Most sellers placing restrictions on the dates when they will accept offers are banks or other institutional sellers, they are not known for being flexible or even logical at times.

Many times they'll have the flexibility to actually look at the nature of the purchase. 

We’re flexible to a degree, but a 15 year note would make it far less sweet a deal.Thanks,Sam

. , you need to talk to local bank or mortgage broker to fined out which one would be more flexible on this. or get the seller to leave 10% for down payment if you can come up with the other 10%.

Let's try to walk through your scenarios here | My responses in bold House hack live in one unit rent free | Very possible in some marketsMake $1k net per month | Usually feasible for triplexes and fourplexes in some markets, but you'd expect to have some value [Note: A deal like this are still out there, but are not the standard)Have 30k-40 equity after rehabbing the property | If you find a value-add play2-4 unit property | Yes, those you can find, no problem (market specific, again) Now, Mario, when starting out in anything (REI included) you have to be flexible and willing to sacrifice because if it were easy to get $1k/month, then a lot more people would be real estate investors. 

The flexibility of wealth creation via real estate is unlike anything else.

The global flexibility provided by Bitcoin is grossly under appreciated. 

I see the most people like HELOC because it is "most flexible." 

Local banks are usually more flexible, but they typically have higher rates and fees.