Working towards House hacking a 4 plex and self manage the building to gain experience Later on i will be forming a property management company to manage my buildings once i get to a larger scale that would require it.

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Is a good questions.You need to understand how seller financing can benefit the seller(write a list of seller financing benefits)  and how you can show them that their mortgage will be secured and what they can do (leverage) with the note if they need to liquidate in a hurry.What ever they say, put your demands and request in writing in your contract offer.Verbal words help, but the written word in a real contract offers is much better.

Personally, when a crisis pops up and they always do, having available cash in the bank truly liquid is a lot better than having to scramble from here and there to make it.

This would appear to indicate that the institutions are becoming a much larger share of the total bidders. 

If you look at the "sold" properties a good majority of them are larger homes. 

Commercial encompasses large multifamily buildings, hotels, industrial, office, retail, development, self storage,etc.All of us that are commercial brokers specialize in an asset class and deal size range.If you are looking for larger multifamily or retail STNL or MTNL product it's all I do.

I've always heard that smaller more regional banks and credit unions MAY work with you, and that the larger ones are impossible to buy from prior to the property hitting the market. 

Stay in one unit for two years and then sell if you want and take the gain from that unit tax free and 1031 exchange the gain from the other unit into another larger or more than one smaller properties.  

It's all about the guarantor on the lease, experience in that chosen industry, a track record of success, liquidity and net worth of the guarantor, and how easily attachable the assets are if something goes wrong.For instance I would never front money for tenant improvements on a business that is not a proven performer.