Hey everyone my name is Andy I’m a US Marine Veteran and I have really bad credit due to really bad choices and jumping right into things without doing my due diligence.

I am a new member and have been reading through materials, I going to be in a position to purchase a couple of rural properties in Michigan.This has me wondering to what my best options may be for buy and hold rental properties, go traditional financing methods, or look at starting right away with BRRRR?

It's not a lifelong choice- you can alwasy move into BRRRR after you learn more and have a cash flow buffer behind you.It's sort of the difference between building your own stock portfolio from scratch and leanring as you go and investing in a professionally managed mutual fund or ETF.

The choice to accept section 8 is completely up to the owner/landlord. 

The area is 15+ acres up to 100 acres, my choice on the size.

I know a lot of people would look at this as a little odd, however, I am looking to get my feet wet and figured if I find a good deal, finance it with hard money, take a loss for a hand full of years (due to typical high interest rates with hard money) and then get a traditional loan later, would you do it? 

Tough choice. 

look up property tax record and get name and address of owners, Go to their homes and start a conversation.eMails and texting are not the preferred choice of communication for most people 35  or older. 

A traditional refinance would likely be your best bet because even though the interest-rate would be higher there would be no mortgage insurance in your net cost would be slightly higher than what you’re paying  on the money now.  

Sometimes we have to make choices that take us out of our comfort zone.