I always ask the question of a new investor: "Do you want to go the traditional route and pay 20% down for a property that cash flows $100 to $200 a month" which is relatively easy to do and buy 1 house and then wait a couple of years until you have enough for the next property, with rising real estate costsor "Do you want to learn how to buy multiple houses using Creative Finance that cash flow $300 - $500 a month with no limit on the number of houses you can buy" but requires learning how and taking advantage of the rising real estate values?

Financing - since the upfront repair work might require additional cash out of hand,  what are some creative financing ideas.

For example we largely scaled our portfolio with conventional loans, but when considering our overall application for a new conventional loan we don't get flooded with details on the other properties because it's incorporated into a business entity. 

Going this route creates a multi family scenario creatively. 

Creative financing is imperative in todays market.

He has helped me with some creative financing and outside of the box strategies in the past.

Why I am leery of these "creative" things for people with little to no money

I don't have any liquid cash, so we are to discuss creative financing.  

Check out the Chicago Creative Investors Association (CCIA) run by Jane Garvey.

I struggled with debt management until I incorporated this pay bi-weekly "law".