My thoughts would be to combine the traditional business of storage or mixed use storage and business or traditional storage with creating a delivery service similar to Clutter (less advanced of course). 

Be sure that you highlight that "selling your house can be easier than you think" with the advantages of working directly with you instead of the more traditional route

Traditional loan How did you add value to the deal?

My lender also can do an ‘in house’ appraisal which would save on those fees and time,but the valuation is usually a lot less than a traditional appraisal. 

But selling to investors doesn’t seem like traditional methods would work.

Be sure that you highlight that "selling your house can be easier than you think" with the advantages of working directly with you instead of the more traditional route.

@Patrick Jenkins if the numbers work well, why not just buy the house from him with traditional financing?

For example: IRAs - Traditional IRA, Roth IRA, SEP-IRA, SIMPLE-IRAQRPs - 401k plans, profit sharing plans, defined benefit plans, etc.For real estate investing, the optimal plan type is a QRP that is intended for an "owner-only business" and is referred to a "Solo 401k" or "Checkbook 401k."

I can come up with the 20% down on the asking price of $369,000 by tapping into a HELOC we have, though id love to get by with less than 20% down. my wife and I are independent contractors and the traditional banks put us through the ringer when it comes to traditional financing...and I am unsure we could qualify for the traditional loan route because of this.

I would like to stick with traditional financing until I can get my foot in the door and get a feel for the real estate arena.