., set salary, percentage of profits, or other methods)?

If you offer more $ for the property than the all cash offers AND you appear to the seller to be highly qualified in the method you are using for sourcing the payment, at some point your offer will be more appealing than the all cash offers.I don't understand why you would consider a 1031 for another property in two years. 

I wasn’t trying to be long winded, with too much detail, in my initial post but I actually did this method on a fix and flip.

Find Brandon's videos on YouTube for the "four square" method of analyzing homes and practice.

The most reliable method to locate liens and their positions is to conduct a title search through a title company.

That way, you can get your foot in the door, start building equity, and stay at home a bit longer to save more money.You could also consider the BRRRR method where you buy a fixer-upper, rehab it to add value, rent it out, and then refinance to pull your cash back out.

I jumped into real estate doing the BRRRR method, understanding that holding property will allow me to build generational wealth, but then learning that landlord income is not the best way to feed your family.

And then you can use that information to start to develop your own personal due diligence method: Crowdstreet.com, 1031 Crowdfunding, Akr7, Finresi etc.

And many of my clients are taking on the BRRRR method. 

Was looking to save where possible in this market but the method I proposed is not worth the consequences. looks like 20% down it is!