If you did start out single family and get some equity in a home or two over a couple years you could then do a 1031 exchange and hop into a multi family with less risk due to your equity going into the deal.

Hello Folks, I am finishing up my first BRRR and have a couple of options.

I signed on it last week and it was recorded on Friday with the understanding that the current renters would be out by "the end of the month"  I had to stop by to check a couple things out on Friday and nothing has been packed and there were no signs of people moving out.  

When I did my first lease options, I did a couple of payment programs for the option fee but got burnt every time.

I do couple of FHA loans per month, including manual underwriting and 203K FHA renovation loans.

Attend all the local real estate investor meetings that you can, and there are a ton in the Chicago area.

USDA ran a pilot loan program a couple of years ago and Washington State was included, where they would allow you to buy an existing Mfg. home so long as it was built in 2009 or newer.

A couple weeks later we ended up finding a key and asked if they wanted us to bring it in and they said to.

A couple of work arounds to this may be to do a 401K loan or even private loan. 

Just got done refinancing an 86 unit property we have owned for a while and some business partners are looking to syndicate apartment deals, have a couple of LOIs agreed upon, just looking for ways to access more opportunities.