@Corbin Jones I did some reading up today and saw that in Nov 2017 Fannie Mae put out an update in their servicing guide about transferring ownership to LLC's.

But it's also important to recognize that oil will come back (although it could be a decade), it is an opportunity to buy at a discount in cities that produce many high-paying jobs in a good market.

What are some innovative ways you all have financed properties while in a similar situation as me?

BRRRR often produces very high cash on cash returns because the amount of money in the deal at the end if low.

I worked in private equity doing primarily multifamily and office acquisitions, asset management, and development for about 7 years until the 2008 financial crisis, when I transitioned to the debt side working at Freddie Mac Multifamily as a producer in the Southeast Region. 

You can buy/sell for other investors to produce additional revenue and to build relationships that can lead to more deals for yourself.It takes effort.

But i quickly realized buying a property between 2mil and 3mil after paying 30 year mortgage would produce about the same cash on cash (9% ?) 

Hard money loans don't typically look at you so much as they look at the deals ability to produce sufficient income for the debt service.

Plus, then when I move out in a year, I would have a better idea as to what the property will produce once fully rented out.  

There are paid services such as broker metric to look up top producer in your agent, or if you have access to local mls, you can look it up and sorted by production as well.I would say the best free way to do it is to just circle the area you service and call/txt all the active listing and introduce yourself.