If you are looking at acquiring an apartment outside of California I would unfortunately be limited to 50%-60% LTV.

A few of these have long term tenants and have one vacancy which is perfect for a owner occupied investment.I would like to live in the vacant unit and manage the tenants that are already in-place, however I do not have the necessary down payment in order to acquire the property on my own.What are some strategies/deals I could use to purchase this property and how are they typically structured?

Offering a full, turnkey solution, we source and acquire assets then help rehab, find and manage a tenant and the asset if you'll allow us.

During my education and experience flipping homes Brandon has taught me that I must develop my funnel to acquire good deals on properties.  

Our goal is to acquire a property by end of year and have it sold by Spring(April).

Either way you are acquiring a loan for a rental property . . . you might as well use the cheapest debt you can find!

My goal get educated enough to acquire more properties and grow my wealth as a landlord.

Expensive cities have lower Cap Rates so your cost to acquire the property will be higher and you're rent roll not much higher proportionately speaking.

Any investment  property yo acquire MUST cashflow

We acquired 4 properties in the last 3 years.