You need to find a investor for joint venture or partnership that's willing to cover all of the down payment, but most likely most investors going to want you to come up with at least half the down payment .Lenders aren't going to invest in your flip in less you have some skin in the game so 0% down is never going to happen.So your best bet is to find a private  lender willing to put up the full amount of the down payment.

Many many people did but as the structure and concept of MERS became known, the lawsuits dried up and those that remained, primarily ruled in favor of MERS.

You might think it would dry up, but we could get just as many sells near the end of the summer as in the beginning. 

I'll bring the loan and be the only signer for it, and still only take a 50% cut, thereby by giving you 50% with no skin in the game. 

I don't think the real estate market is going to dry up during your last couple months of car payments.

I have, however, and continue to be a deal guy at 2 investments funds that own far more real estate than Grant and let me tell you, multifamily is not a fool-proof investment and if you do not know what you are doing.I enjoyed the podcast and not trying to be a naysayer at all, just want to make sure that newbies are aware that even multifamily goes down, cashflow dries up, and bad things can happen.  

Secondly RE requires thick skin sometimes.

I will lend all day to any rehabber who is:1. experienced - I need to see at least 5 HUD settlement statements, pictures of prior rehab work2. liquid - with adequate reserves (6 months of rehab loan interest payments in his bank account)3. good credit is preferred specially if you are not that experiencedBy the way, $250K/$300K is not 70% - that's 83% LTV.Lastly, I prefer one with "skin in the game" (10-20% downpayment - with me funding 80-90% of the project cost).If you don't have any experience, any money or any credit, approaching rehab lenders or hard money lenders is NOT an option.

This would allow you to buy pure rentals with 20% down .There are lots of way to "skin the cat".

,Assuming that you're not personally managing your property (which I don't recommend unless you have the time, experience, and thick skin to do so), what benefit do you expect to gain for a property that's "closer"?