So any contacts, known meet ups, or especially advice for an initial purchase is greatly appreciated! 

Meet with a local banker & schedule a time to talk with a mortgage broker, they'll give you at least a baseline of what kind of down payment options and rates are out there.After that, if you're still wanting to research more creative options, do some looking into seller financing (a very hot topic with good, and bad, advice out there), look into private lenders, and commercial financing options.If you're wanting to live in 1/4 of your quadplex, then conventional residential loans may in fact be your best option as you can purchase that with a fannie/freddy loan with very low down, and use up to 75% of the income from the property toward your own income. 

That’s why I try so hard to explain to people I meet every day the benefits.

You have a hot tub and want to add a soaking tub?

The mayor has been hot on out of state investors and poor property managers since his campaign. 

You can find a bunch of lists that mention top amenities such as hot tub, sauna, etc.

)  Arizona Arizona is a snow bird state, we have golf, baseball training, then a dead hot summer where nobody comeshow can I come up with some numbers before wasting time to look for furnitures and buying beds ?

Meet with financial advisers/wealth managers and see what other options other than real estate there are and how to best allocate / diversify. ie have you maxed out your TFSA?

Rent goats to clear woods and create romantic lit walking pathRefinish floorsAdd modern master bathroomNew deck and firepit hangout area with hot tub and outside barand....STYLE!

Are you interested in S8 because of a personal reason or you think it's the next "hot" investment idea?