For instance, if you are looking to do a do a BRRRR for a single family home, you can use a private/hard money finance for the purchase & rehab, and for the refinance you can use a conventional Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac loan or a DSCR loan.

I am not sure what else I can do to be able to locate owners and contact them, short of hiring a private investigator.

I am doing it for mortgage paydown every year and appreciation as well. 

Keith Andrews Home Team was absolutely fantastic, and Mark Kong at Evolution Mortgage was the best lender I've ever worked with, particularly with VA loans!

Money has inflated, rents have gone up, but your mortgage is fixed. 

Trying to decide if we should focus on acquisitions in the future that do or dont have a private wwtp:)

I have all my systems and processes down to fix and flip a house tomorrow with the team I’ve built, i have private money lenders that want to invest but wanna see some skin in the game first.

You can just approach the seller (or their agent) as a private party and make an offer, either 3% lower or whatever you think will make the deal work for both parties.....Now if you want to acquire some RE knowledge, I suppose it couldn't hurt to have a license....and it will give you a small amount of credibility (not much, it is not hard to get a license)I think you can gain the knowledge just as easily by just starting to buy and sell properties...... 

I have a few private institutional lenders I can use that are lighter on the rates and terms, etc.

I would live to buy it and was thinking owner finance since  he has 2.8% mortgage on it, and its not transferrable.