I have set a goal for myself to achieve that in 5 years.

Find a motivated seller!

Start hustling and find a motivated seller willing to sell to you on a 0% down lease-option or land contract.

In both cases, syndication would be needed with a securities attorney.Here is the list of promissory notes recognized by the Supreme Court as NOT being securities is a compilation of nearly random examples:Notes delivered in consumer financing.Notes secured by a mortgage on a home.Short-term notes secured by a lien on a small business or some of its assets.Notes evidencing a “character” loan to a bank customer.Short-term notes secured by an assignment of accounts receivable.Notes that formalize an open-account indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business.Notes given in connection with loans by a commercial bank to a business for current operations.And the determining factors for how a court will judge it to be a security or not are :Whether the borrower’s motivation is to raise money for general business use, and whether the lender’s motivation is to make a profit, including interest.Whether the borrower’s plan of distribution of the note(s) resembles the plan of distribution of a security.Whether the investing public reasonably expects that the note is a security.Whether there is a regulatory scheme that protects the investor other than the securities laws (e.g., notes subject to certain banking regulations).Again, consult an attorney.

I think the sellers are mad motivated and would take a lower offer.

Real estate investing is so amazing, but when I keep seeing these predictions over and over it gets discouraging - do young people like me actually have a chance to achieve our dreams?

This is a very motivational conversation on a real estate investing organization...

Historically there is a poor relationship between initial cash flow and actual cash flow achieved over a long term hold.  

I have a motivate seller that wants to sell her property to me and she does not care if she walks away with any money in her pocket.

I'm still doing this manually, which is motivating me to find a way to automate the task :)