If you don't wish to (or have the time to) roll your sleeves up and do some grunt work I would just stick to traditional investing.

It varies deal to deal, on one property maybe up to 65% LTV, but if you have more collateral the more likely they can make something work.For example, I've done numerous deals where we place a 2nd on 4-5 properties and the lender feels comfortable lending x amount of dollarsThese are very non traditional loans and no two will ever be the same.

You may get a hard money lender to lend as well but you will probably have trouble getting traditional financing for acquisition or if you decide to hold on to the assets.

TIf you're goal is to scale, they are an excellent option for while bypassing some of the stricter requirements of traditional financing.

And the cheapest capital comes from traditional lenders, who will want good credit score and financial wherewithal from the borrower.  

If it does and you can't rent your house traditionally without covering $1,000 a month in costs, and you can't sell because the value isn't there, then you're in a pretty frustrating situation. 

Saying you want to eventually "get out of Section 8" is akin to saying you want to eventually "get out of renting to [insert a traditionally marginalized race/ethnicity/religion]"

Traditional lenders don't care about your savings or net worth; they care about your employment and earnings.3.

Is it possible to get a traditional loan on the 25% and owner finance the rest? 

Investing in a syndication or fund could be a good fit given your situation.I started investing in some fix and flips and some smaller residential properties from traditional BRRRs.