It's on a major road and close to a church.

Btw what church do you pastor?

One of our church friends is a realtor, so I've picked her brain a good bit, but I hate to bug her every day or two with a new question. 

:ReferralsDoor KnockingDrive for DollarsEvery neighborhood I visit, look at surrounding housesHudstore.comAuction.comMLSSheriff sales/courthouse stepsNetworking at events (REIA, Meetup, business owners)Pass biz cards out everywhere (guerrila marketing)Local wholesalersNetwork with real estate agents who investNetwork with real estate agents who regularly sell flipsNetwork with agents who specialize in REONetwork with divorce attorneysNetwork with estate attorneysNetwork with bankruptcy lawyersNetwork with trust attorneysNetwork with title companiesNetwork with funeral homesNetwork with REO brokersNetwork with funeral homesAdvertise in local newspapers/magazinesAdvertise in Church bulletinAdvertise in church city paperLocal billboardsDirect mail to preforeclosureDirect mail to tired landlordsDirect mail to landlords who filed evictionsDirect mail to owners with 100% equityDirect mail to homes with recent deathsDirect mail to owners around flipped houseDirect mail to houses with water turned offDirect mail to houses that just came out of trustsBuild my own list to email and follow up with themSearch Engine Optimization (SEO) + contentCold email sellers/renters on CraigslistFacebook ads targeting: investors, wholesalers,sellersBuild an Instagram following showing renovationsGoogle adwords targeting sellersBing ads targeting sellersGo to yard sales and talk to owners (if selling)Go to estate sales and talk to owners (if selling)Posters in unemployment office (legal?)

I also want to get loans from the Catholic Church and other churches for buying rental properties.

Wife and I have planned on turning our home into a rental but a member of our church is moving to Florida and has not signed with a realtor yet and will be selling their home. 

Take the $30k you'd make, give generously to your church, pay your short term capital gains, and put the rest in two or three different properties that CF better than this one. 

We had a partner on the 1st deal and even though we were not sure to involve him on this property, I decided to move fwd with that partner again as well as 1 other partner/friend from church(not the RE broker).

That means your family, your friends, your co-workers, your schoolmates, people in the same groups...sports club, frat, church or whatever.   

I'm looking at a potential SFH flip currently owned by a church.