In full disclosure my business partner is the President of the REIA and I am an active component in it as well, but it is a great place to network and learn new strategies and skill. 

Of the little marketing I've done so far just about all the responses I've received have been from absentee landlords of properties with tenants who will either finance no more than 70-80% if at all and won't take as...

My day job consists of being a Product Manager with a large technology company, focusing on helping other companies define their cloud computing strategies. 

We plan to utilize 401k "loans" as well to assist in carrying out the BRRR strategy as well.

The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Wholesaling and The Book on Flipping Houses are good places to start if you're looking for breakdowns of how the strategies work.

I've dabbled in options trading and cryptocurrency but I'm switching my strategy up and planning to build businesses and real estate assets so I can have multiple streams of income while working a 9-5.

And If does anyone have any strategies for implementing them?

An alternative to flipping, which would help me in a couple ways, is buying it as an owner occupant, living in it for 2 years, doing a slow flip, and doing the no capital gains tax strategy.

I've done a fair bit of research over the past few weeks, reading books such as What Every Real Estate Investor Needs to Know About Cash Flow, The ABCs of Real Estate Investing, and Investing in Duplexes, Triplexes & Quads.As I'm starting out, I'm interested in investing in single family residences and 2-4 unit multifamily for a long-term buy-and-hold strategy.  

He's a self-employed handyman and I am rather concerned he won't be able to make rent for long with no income.Maybe he can cover this month's rent, but I'm guessing he's about to be unemployed and crushed with medical bills.He knows he has a big rent hike coming, so we've briefly discussed an exit strategy (before he got sick).