Different tactics to help a seller sell a property?

[Seth Shadwick]

I'm very new and I'm trying to buy my second rental so I apologize if this has been posted before. I'm currently dealing with a seller that doesn't want to sell their property but doesn't want to spend the money to rehab the property. However, it's in no shape to rent. I'm trying to tell the seller I will purchase the house "as is" and then I'll try out the rest of the BRRR method. Furthermore, one of my friends who got me into real estate, my friend told me about Hard Money Loans to help influence the seller? Does anyone have any experience with Hard Money Loans? Or any other tactics that will help get the ball rolling for me and the potential seller?