Low credit and cannot get conventional financing. 2.

@Boris Lee - Your first hurdle will be financing.  30 year fixed conventional loans are not available if you use an entity. 

If you're looking for anonymity, hard money, syndications, or have used up all your conventional loans available, move to LLC. 3.

@Joe Wodaege 5% used to exist for an owner occupied conventional duplex but stopped a few months ago.

So, ideally that would be a cash-out refinance of your personal home to the highest LTV you can get on a conventional loan and then moving to a home that has an investment play associated with it (a house-hack or something else). 

To be frank, I've never known anyone to get a conventional mortgage on a 30K house but I'm pretty sure it is about the same as a big mortgage.

Richard,You can buy the home using conventional financing as an investment as long as the property does not have any major damage. 

Hey all,I'm just getting started with out-of-state real estate investing and I'm curious about which style of loan to look for.Do I stick to a conventional loan while I'm learning or go straight for the more "investor-friendly" loans such as "Fix to Rent", "Stable Bridge", "Multifamily Value Add". etc.I am focusing on small multifamily properties (2-4 units), but I am also taking a look at some single family properties as well.An additional question would be whether I speak with national lenders like BiggerPockets partner lenders or focus on lenders in the area I'd like to purchase (San Antonio). 

At this point, I don't know if I should continue looking or go for a conventional loan and buy a cheap SFH live there for a year, move out and rent it, but that would mean that I have to pay the mortgage for a whole year and that would prevent me from saving as much as possible for the next investment.Basically, my plan is to create a new source of additional income and I believe real estate is a good way to achieve that.

An institution, whether you are using "conventional" or "portfolio" style of money should have better terms and MORE money for you than any private lenders.