We are always looking for new and improved ways to find motivated sellers, and improve our rehab techniques.  

New roof (2014) with an additional 2400 square feet of development rights, and a 48 foot deep rear yard, there is plenty of room to enlarge this house and customize it to fit your tastes and needs Current Configuration: 1st Floor and 2nd Floor: Duplex containing 3-4 bedrooms, 2 baths, kitchen and backyard with brand new fence. 3rd Floor: 1 bedroom, 1 bath, living room, kitchen. 4th Floor: 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, kitchen.

Even then, you might be better off focusing on these same type of techniques where you're investing with other people's money, essentially, which leaves your own money available to work for you in other ways.  

This is from the the CSLB website       "According to the California Building Standards Code, no building or structure may be erected, constructed, enlarged, altered, repaired, moved, improved, removed, converted or demolished unless a separate permit for each building or structure has first been obtained from the building official."

I have also used the technique of asking them if they know of someone who would be interested in being a equity partner on a RE deal I was looking at. 

Also what are some obvious marketing techniques that work for you to help get clients.

@Pierce Dandridge As @Brian Gibbons said, your best bet would be to study creative finance techniques.

I could read a whole bunch of books and buy a whole bunch of tools, so much so that I could explain intricate and difficult techniques to professionals, but if I never actually built the table I wouldn't consider it a success.

What do you think would be the best route to learning the technique?

Using the awesome techniques that I've learned from you I'm very confident that I will get my first rent to own shortly.