We conducted three experimental studies of magnetization reversal (MR) behavior in three different types of bilayers, under different types of strain. We studied the influence on the magnetic properties of the structural state in the BiFe03, of magnetoelastic mechanical strain in the Fe81Ga19, which we then coupled to electrical and even thermal strainA bilayer consisted of using a ferromagnetic Ni81Fe19, and an intrinsic multiferroic BiFe03. These polycrystalline thin films are deposited by sputtering. Their structure and morphology are characterized by X-ray diffraction, and transmission electron microscopy, revealing two fundamentally different structural states of the BiFeO3 due to defects. The MR is analyzed by vibrating sample vector ...