Nothing will start you off or build wealth for you like using a government backed loan to buy a great property in a great area. 

But some loans require that the property be occupied by the borrower for the first year.

We would both be on the loan.

Is it possible for a private investor[non hard money lenders] to pay down your loan and secure a lien and for you to pay them back, and if so where do you find investors that would? 

Multiple, billion dollar companies are investing heavy in our area, such as Intel, Google, and Amazon.

Drafted a plan, gathered estimates, created a budget, put together DTI sheets, even got an "as-built" appraisal, and also have it in a permit status at the Local Building and safety office.Then I started to look into the construction loan and the permanent financing....to do it myself, and not through a builder.I soon realized that there are sooo many companies out there that want to try to help...but cant  (some of them were even on this network of people):  don't have builds on record, won't allow for owner-built homes, my credit is less than 680, while carrying the construction loan, there may be a point at the end where because i have my rental house while building that it become hard to pay, and  I can't pull out a private loan to help start process because my credit cards balances are horrible...and my "business" has no show of income.So, now we are here in the present time....   

There are companies with billions of dollars in war chests doing this all the time.

Whether it is to build out your own in-house PM company, renegotiate vendor contracts on your properties with your new unit count as your bargaining chip, or just build out a more robust administrative team, now is the time to do it to support your needs for the next market phase.

@David Hersh as a PMC, we do everything we can to assist our clients.So, we have referrals to lenders, attorneys, insurance companies, CPA's, etc.

.- Principal debt paydown: tenant paying off your loan.- Cash flow.Once the above are all added up, your true Rate Return will by far exceed your returns with stocks.Now regarding the different type of real estate, that depends on a lot of factors and mostly on your financial goals and where are you in life today.