No longer a DIY guy, but looking for reliable partners/contractors, agents and wholesalers - so I can tackle flips and upgrade rentals. 

How did you go about tackling the task?

@Brian Alfaro, If I were you I would start the process the same way you tackled SFR investing.

If we at long last tackle those subjects, then the short term pain will yields incredible long term gains.  

My question is this...If I were able to tackle this deal, how would you go about financing and structuring a deal like this?

Steven,Sounds like you are in a flood zone based on the Mortgage Company requiring flood so lets tackle that first.  

I think I'm going to leave everything alone for a few months and then tackle them between April, May, and June (4 units per month).

You don't have to be stuck somewhere, you don't have maintenance to tackle. 

I've been doing quite a bit of reading, watching videos - have invested some time and money into education for the past few months - but now it's time to get to work.I'd like to start by buying a pre-foreclosure list and tackling that with some mailers + direct calls (maybe even some door knocking). 

I also found I preferred GCs that would give me itemized quotes so I could pick which things I'd tackle myself and what I'd leave up to them.Right now, I'm considering buying property in the Loch Raven area and since I live in Endor Gardens (for now), I could have GCs quote me on jobs to my own property that I could then get a reasonable idea for what they'd charge for doing the work on other homes in the area.Did you find that GCs gave any kind of discounted prices for investors vs home owners?