One thing I've started seeing more landlords explore: instead of renting to traditional tenants, they lease to professional operators who run the property as a furnished rental.

For instance:1 - Traditional cash DP and traditional financing the rest.2 - Lease option3 - Sandwich LO4 - Options alone5 - Buying in an LLC, then selling the LLC6 - Seller financing7 - Using Credit Partners8 - Using Management Partners9 - Using Cash partners10 - Exchanging Cash Partners...and many, many more ways. 

But the owner is not budging to sell either piece at a realistic price.I would like some guidance on strategies to overcome and even what options are out there for financing besides the traditional (buy the house at 20% down, rent it (likely at a loss), and then proceed with building on the adjacent lots the other two homes).Thanks for the help all

Solo has Traditional and Roth buckets built into one plan3.

From my experience the traditional 20 to 25% down will not stretch far enough for 2–4 deals.Good luck!

Non-QM lending is expected to move from niche to mainstream as traditional qualification hurdles persist, with lenders prioritizing documentation quality and cash-flow-based underwriting.

All of this meanwhile the question of traditionally fantastic CA appreciation is less certain going forward than it’s been in the last two decades. 

people tend to want to go on Zillow, pick one or two properties and offer... and then get discouraged if that doesn't work. 

The days of homes being 250K.. it's becoming slim, in traditional models anyway..

Traditional internet they gouge you and you have to change internet companies every few years.