In order for you to stand out from the crowd you need to find niche lists that others don't have or won't take the time to acquire and you need to send unique mail pieces that don't look like everyone else's. 

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I found a local lender who offered a pretty interesting product (at least from the standard stuff I've seen)First Time Home OwnersOnly 5% DownNO PMI3.75% InterestIncome Limits Waived for the Area we are LookingProperty we are looking at is asking $399k but we believe $350 is much more fair.

Basically, you are not using your money and leverage to your full potential thus raising your opportunity costs of not acquiring more properties. 2 properties cashing flowing at 250 a month each is better than 1 cash flowing at 300 a month.

Have you figured out if you'll be acquiring distressed properties and then fixing them up to rent or simply buying fully renovated homes?

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I have some folks who've expressed interest, so we may be able to sell without putting it on the market.Since we're empty nesters with an older dog (he just turned 12 yesterday), we'd prefer to be on 1st fl for all our sakes.My 5 yr goal is to acquire 2 MFH per year over the next 5 years. 

I’m a 21 year old male trying to acquire 4 different rental properties from one of my fathers friends.

This means, you must acquire the property in your individual capacity.

The estimated NOI and cap rate value the property at around $750k.Are there any other creative financing strategies that I could employ to acquire this property?