Newbie starting out

[Melissa Walker]

My husband and I are self employed running a small business. Our work has slowed down and we now have time to explore real estate as another source of income.

We have one rental property that is a vacation rental (daily rates and seasonal). We also have a long term rental and are owner financing a property that we have no mortgage on. We have done extensive work on two of the properties and enjoyed the process but both properties are well out of the area in which we live so Using those contractors is not possible.

My question is what is the best way to find good properties to buy and flip? And how do you find good contractors? We have some money saved up that we could use to get started.