I can do the 25% down and the renovation with cash but would prefer not to and find a more creative way to finance the purchase and even hopefully include some rehab in the loan.

It would take an unlikely and unreasonable effort to match their results in very brief amounts of time, though they are the first to tell you that their results can and will be repeated by investors time and again.But recently, I've come to adopt a more grateful worldview.

We suggested this earlier in our negotiations and they were not interested but this may be a more interesting option to them now. 

However I think a smaller loan is a much better way to start than jumping into a more involved relationship with potentially more money at risk.

Thanks,Matt To get a more accurate rate, go with Rob's post.For a more broad cost, all in should be around 120-160.

They are fine to have us live there for longer or we could find a move in ready place and turn it into a rental when we find a more permanent place. 

Would a subject to be a more viable strategy ?

A quit claim deed basically says if I have any rights in the property, any rights i am or may not have are  now yours.

You can take a more passive approach to REI and it could take 10-20 years to build a great real estate portfolio to retire on. 

For me, I had a typical corporate job when I first started out and now I have moved to a more flexible sales role where I am in the car driving to customers for the majority of my day.At my corporate job, I found that as long as I meet deadlines and got my work finished, no one seems to mind that I was reading real estate articles, making phone calls, etc.