You don't really have a deal unless the owner has some equity in the property, start there, (use list source, rebogateway, your local title company to find lists, or scan the tax assessor website and do it yourself).

Now that might be different for sfh if all the people looking for shelter stop buying, but commercial stuff not so much, unless credit shuts down.Ian ippolito's website has amazing info on the re cycle!

Software/website/private contractors, around $40K/yr. 

I found the following website that document plans.

As I always stress in these sort of posts, if you're considering an out-of-state purchase, visit the area, and  always have inspections done.Also, since Jerry isn't licensed, he's either working with someone else for property management after the sale, or he expects you to find your own. 

@Daniel Walters how often do you visit Dayton?

I had found a local guy that wanted to retire on a local website.

@Dylan O'Connell you could hire a realtor to help with your search but if you're searching on the regular real estate websites, just filter them to only include multi-family.

You'll get a greater ROI if you are hands on but it will also take up more of your time: visits to your investment area, finding reliable "boots on the ground", managing the process from afar...Personally I'd be looking at the full turn-key experience where you pay a bit more for the property but it is ready to go and you can enjoy getting the return on your investment.

He's got a website called 100percentfinanced.com.