Most flippers, myself included, only tackle SFH, condos or townhouses.

I do know about the "due on sale" clause when transferring but I'm going to tackle that at a different time.  

Everyone knows finding the right GC is hard enough, but with added layers in the process, the task in finding the right people to tackle fire damaged property is exponentially harder. 

I would tackle that one first and if she isn’t on board then find a new fiancé.

I hope someone in your area decides to tackle something similar :-).

This is not something a newbie should try and tackle..

Have you taken the time yet to reach out to other local investors about tackling long-term investments in the state of California.  

So i am aligning my relationships with these groups to pick up properties they may not want to tackle but they will take the quick wholesale fee.

Good tenants do go bad even with all the screening, so have some funds set aside to tackle the unknown, and you can live to see another tenant.Know what the landlord tenant laws are in your state.

As for your next steps, if you're going to go out of state (pretty common for CA investors) you'll need to decide how you want to tackle that.