I typically buy and keep.

I can find quality people to do what rehab needs to be done, but finding the right properties, keeping a stream of investment options coming, and negotiating the deals is harder to train in my opinion.

There seems to be a discrepancy in the market with the amount of available single story housing options for those who might have a hard time geting around.

Typical loans are 5 year balloons with interest only in year 1.

It does not seem house hacking is possible in this market without renting out spare bed rooms (which is not an option).

A kot of better options for less if not a fraction of the money TBH. 

I’m looking into this option too.

You can potentially look for "hard money" lenders which will typically have looser barriers but the rate and fees are going to be much higher than conventional. 

The 5 unit building was vacant and only about half renovated so it’s been a total lease up which has also occurred much faster than any other building I have because I have very little turnover typically.

Even the few no money down deals I have done wasn’t really no money down deals, because I spent thousands upon thousands of dollars in marketing  and typically I had to do some sort of rehab to the property once I got it.The last Sub2 deal idea I had to give the seller $17,000, pay all the closing cost, repaint the whole house, and make payments on the thing three months while I was getting it ready.The one before that the guy was behind almost $7000, I had to change the carpet, I painted the whole house, I made a number of payments while I was getting it ready, and I paid the closing cost, and I probably spent close to $7000 on a marketing campaign .