However my girlfriend is not keen on sharing a bathroom with a bunch of other strangers.

Luckily the seller I’ve done business with before via his construction company so we are not strangers.

Friends, strangers?

@Nicholas D.Why does everyone want to spend money chasing strangers – and ignore their own personal network?

Remember, you're putting strangers in a house together. 

I will give you my advice for what its worth coming from a stranger.

Get a plan, buckle down, work an extra job, and you'll look back on this in < 10 years no worse for the wear, a little more grizzly but a lot wiser and ready to crush some RE.ETA: I re-read upstream and see that you're already working on the weekends, My hat is off to you for the hard work, and from one internet stranger to another, I genuinely hope you are able to snag some raises in the near future with that work ethic.Back to the more delicate matter I raised earlier - is your wife working...?

If people can successfully have strangers come into your furnished house and sleepover = Airbnb, you can have strangers come into your empty house for a few minutes, imo) Collecting rent, requesting maintenance (except if it's an emergency), filling applications will done online only.Virtual office (depending on the regulations, a physical office maybe required.)  

I don't understand why somebody would do all of the legwork to secure properties below market, fund and manage a rehab, lease up and then hand over a great cash flowing property to a stranger while retaining the management headache.

If you had a good track record and could show some real results, strangers with savings could be interested in lending you their savings.