Welcome to Bigger Pockets and love see local folks getting into real estate investing!

You will easily find link minded folks to chat with. 

.🚫 You can rely on seller financing to get deals done.A good number of the folks who reached out needed 30% or more seller financing to close.

Connecting 1 on 1 with folks is always a good option too!

Here are a few avenues folks often explore in times like this:You are already on this path - Owner Financing: It's great that the seller is willing to finance a portion of the deal.

PS before the hedge funds jumped in about 2011 to 2012 I was an activce courthouse buyer in Henry county and a few of the counties on the north side of Atl metro so been to many of the  auctions having them all on one day is a cluster .. you have multiple criers crying sales simultainously it can be hard to follow but you can also squeeze out one that folks missed.. we did quite well until the hedge funds knocked us little guys out of the area..

The folks on BP are a great resource as is all the training and tools. 

I've personally done just about every rehab scenario, properties I've lived in, properties bought as investments and even properties bought at auction.You've gotten good advice from folks on this list.

I think partially because a lot of folks don’t even check it.If you’re interested in getting more off market deals I would suggest starting relationships with brokers that sell the types of properties you’re interested in.

.$500k annual income is alot for your average folk, but it's not "retire me" income at all.