(Bad neighborhood...but she had semi-flipped the house...so it looked nice.)

@Jack Zhuang my thought is to find a developer who does this type of project locally or semi-locally.

I use eggshell for most walls and a semi gloss for kitchens and bathrooms.

I would like to do this full time (in my mind that means semi retired), but each deal takes a lot of effort. 

I once had a passing semi take down the wires on a place I had recently bought.

Right now I am in the process of learning as much as a I can and saving until I can semi-comfortably invest in my first property.

Using your existing portfolio of real estate as collateral, you can get a revolving line of credit, a long-term amortizing loan, a short-term amortizing loan, a short-term semi-amortizing loan, etc. 

I have business line of credit , but the interest rate is too high to think in any passive (or semi passive ) investment that I can use that funds for. 

Alas, is there any regular or semi-regular meet up in the area?

I'd say, if you were going to do that part of things, maybe you should flip locally (or semi-locally).