As-is" does not have any clear specific meaning (in fact, if you look at Paragraph 16 of the standard NJ contract you will see every sale with a Realtor is listed as that).

I kind of have an unrealistic goal of earing 8 figures gross a year by the time I am 30 and am willing to go all out.

i use that one, and @ameliajorei (on ig) used to sell a 'tenant welcome packet' that i use too, i'm not seeing it on her linktree but i'm sure she still has it for sale somewhere online. 

Sounds like they make money in some other ways like origination fees or taking equity from short sales but I doubt that happens often. 

I'd say for both markets some things you'd definitely want to have an idea of would be Median Sales Prices, Median Rent Prices, price-rent ratio, days on market and then also % of price increases for the last couple of years.

Do you know the best way to find properties that are for sale by owners?

But you better make sure all your ducks are in a row, all your facts, all your documentation, everything supports that your original intention from planning, acquisition, renovation, when and how you started marketing it for sale, etc, your history of other investments - your proformas, your e-mail correspondence, etc, all pointed towards that this was an investment / business use property and not a flip.   

The after-repair value (ARV) of the property is estimated at $260K, which could net a profit of $15-17K after selling expenses.At the sale price of 260K, the property meets the one percent rule and features a brick exterior, new roof, 2 new bathrooms, and 1 new kitchen. 

The $200,000 seed money is from property sales.

If you pay cash, that money could be stuck there for years until you sale but you will have some costs of property tax, brush clearing and insurance.2.