Vanessa, If you choose the seller financed route, you could potentially continue investing under the bank's stringent debt-to-income radar, so to speak.

@Byoung Bae If you go the Detroit route, I'd recommend connecting with @Drew Sygit.

If you go that route, focus on stable, landlord-friendly areas with strong rental demand, and build a reliable team on the ground (property manager, agent, contractor).Regarding property management, it depends on your bandwidth and goals.

If less than two years, cost seg probably isn't a good route.

Not sure if hard money would be the correct route to go for this one or not

@Tiffany Palaskas consider the refinance route as well.

The original poster's easiest route would be to have the owners of those titles request a lost title from the DMV, and then once the DMV sends them a physical title, have the owners sign them over to him.

Is it better to go down this route vs looking at doing a BRRRR deal myself?

There are plenty of people who want their hand held if you want to go this route. 

Should we explore that route, purchase an already built duplex in Peoria or another part of the Midwest?