Several of our members have had success doing short and long term rentals here.

Down payment: is it possible to achieve any sort of financing without using your own finances?

Wish you much success! 

At Bigger Pockets, you can reach out to other real estate investors while completing deals successfully and correctly.

For businesses, especially retail, a tenant wants to be able to purchase a property from a landlord if he's successful and not be forced to move.

@DeShaun Sellers that's a huge success.

We do a good chunk of flips in NY and having a good wholesaler is key to our success. 

When I first got started I used this tactic with great success in that all upside value created was mine alone.

With that said, perhaps there are some BPers out there who have other ideas for what you are trying to achieve with a different type of loan product.Hancock-Whitney (or whatever they are calling themselves nowadays) will do an 80-90% LTV HELOC. 

Hey Brandon - There are several ways, all with varying degrees of success (and some based on yours or others expertise in the market). - For quick and dirty, I just reference the tax assessment.