@Zach Howardthe wholesale hotline podcast was where i learned seller finance. 

Since I'm taking such a cash hit, I asked the sellers agent if they would be able to designate some portion of the sale price ($200k?)

If you can find a seller willing to finance you might be able to get more favorable homes.

I would focus my attentions here and try to stay local (within a 4 hour drive) as the POH rentals require more engagement.Financing is a tough deal... but sometimes you can find those Mom and Pop operations with quite a few POH rentals that will work with seller financing on a reasonable interest rate with a balloon within 5-7 years. 

Now we are mostly scaling our business with larger communities but I've used many different creative finance strategies including seller finance, private lending, hard-money, collateral from other properties, and lease-options. 

The "typical" off market seller is someone who thinks their house is in too rough of condition to sell on-market, but doesn't have the money to fix it themselves.  

It means the seller has listed the property with a flat fee listing service.

More doors means less vacancies and it might motivate you to save up and buy a new SFR when you are ready to settle down.

It really depends how motivated you are.

Currently,I don't have any experience in RE investing but highly motivated to start it asap.