House hacking is often promoted as the easiest way to get into real estate—buy a property, rent out part of it, and let tenants cover your mortgage.

Purchase price: $245,000 Cash invested: $80,000 I served as the buyer's agent acquiring this property.

I am one of those premier agents, just not in your area, but I can vouch for the service.At least… I think I know what I'm doing… 😛You can also just contact the big box real estate for brokerage's ask for their broker who deals with listing investment property.

I would like to learn more about seller financing, I see a lot of information on the internet about seller financing but honestly I am just confused.

@Brett K. we manage in Class C areas, so have to deal with this a lot.Options:1) Boardup - pretty useless as easy to rip the off and advertises the property as vacant.2) Armor Guard door frame reinforcement with temp double-key deadbolts.

I was looking for some advice (viable target areas in Cleveland or Ohio in general, financing options and credible PM/realtor contacts) from the experts here though especially if you are in a similar boat as mine (reside in Canada/Ontario area and invest in US). 

I do things a little differently and I do not expect others to follow suit, though they may if they wish to.I find properties that are not on the MLS.

A few years ago I purchased a property that was significantly worse than negative $5k/month cash flow.  

You should be able to go as low as 10-15% down payment with your experience.Ground up Financing: Most "ground up" financing options require a bit of experience - 3-5 exists (rehabbed & sold or rehabbed & refinanced in the last 3 years).

@Ajay Bodas Transferring a 1031 exchange property from a revocable trust to an LLC can be done, but timing is crucial to avoid IRS scrutiny.