I think the difficult part with your advice is that New England multi family market is extremely competitive so going after something worth 1M might be risky because people are just through junk out with a price tag and the CF doesn’t mAtch up all the time.

Obviously I know the results are not typical or easy to do (hence them being on the podcast), but I'm trying to overcome the assumption that I just can't do it.Do you have any thoughts or things I can research to find more creative ways to try to invest with no money down?

Doing the same thing that generates positive results can be a bit boring. 

For example, "I get 50 new inbound leads a week and close 20% of them, resulting in 10 new Buyer/Seller clients."

For example, "I get 50 new inbound leads a week and close 20% of them, resulting in 10 new Buyer/Seller clients."

From the loan servicing guide:Notes: For all such transfers affecting mortgage loans purchased or securitized by Fannie Mae on or after June 1, 2016, the transferee is not required to occupy the property.a limited liability company (LLC), provided thatthe mortgage loan was purchased or securitized by Fannie Mae on or after June 1, 2016, and the LLC is controlled by the original borrower or the original borrower owns a majority interest in the LLC, and if the transfer results in a permitted change of occupancy type to an investment property, such change does not violate the security instrument (for example, the 12 month occupancy requirement for a principal residence).The servicer must notify the borrower that a property transferred to an LLC must be transferred back to a natural person prior to any subsequent refinance application in order to meet Fannie Mae’s Selling Guide underwriting requirements.https://servicing-guide.fannie...

What I don't want to do is eagerly purchase an investment property then later learn we can't get a loan for our SFH as a result.

The package indicates they email you a result after you mail them 2 sample pieces. 

-This plan would result: $15,612 cost per year for me to live here.

Because the borrower is not personally obligated on the mortgages securing the investment properties, they are not included in the property count and the result is only two financed properties."