Anyways, back to the importance and relevancy of placing section 8 tenants in rental properties.

The reason I say this is that if you go to fix up the place and make improvements without getting the right contract into place, the seller could change their mind and keep the property. 

I can share my process if you are interested.

I've heard about owner-occupied portfolio loans on a few different podcasts but rarely see it being talked about.Does anyone have any first hand experience or insight they could share about the possible options?

If you can handle that and everything else is in place, then go for it!

You're in the right place to learn about real estate investing.

If there were a few places in Atlanta that would fit as a good place to get started into house hacking, where would that be?

Owner having a hard time selling, we wouldn't mind owning, esp for Short term rental purposes.Owner owes $249k.We would like to use very little cash, maybe higher interest rate for the seller, balloon in 5 years should interest rates come down.Anyone had success or any ideas you could share?

Larger deals tend to trade in retail at higher cap rates.What you need to decide is how long you want your money tied up into a deal (their exit strategy), and how much you want to place, and if you get cash flow right away, partial, or none until certain metrics are hit.As an example you might get 8% preferred return but upside might be more marginal than a small retail turn around deal where exit is in 2 to 3 years and equity multiple is likely much higher for overall return.

If I supplied the cash and sweat equity, how likely is it for an experienced investor sign on for a fee rather than a share of equity?