I currently have 9 units spread over three properties and am under contract for adding a duplex.

locally I've seen a number of posts to social media from renters who are having a hard time getting in touch with their landlords and/or getting them to deal with damage that's made the house unsafe or uninhabitable because of a downed tree or other obstruction.  

Your current lists in excel spread sheets could be imported as (to) tables, then you could use Quarries to funnel only the data that meets the particular criteria you are focused on.

We priced it at $1,200 which was in line with pricing on Craig's List, Zillows, Trulia, Rent.com, Hot Pads and local social media rental sites.

For the most part that is true however, after reading a book called "The Deallionaire" by investor John Lee from Missouri (He was a guest on the Jennifer Hammond show), He talks about selling properties that he has bought  for less than $1000 using both conventional and unconventional means such as advertising a property via craigslist, social media marketing or selling through realtors and word of mouth.I'm mainly looking to venture into North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Texas and possible New Jersey for this.I have heard both John Lee and Ankit Duggal (A guest on Bigger Pockets show) mention buying into tax deed/tax liens AFTER the main auctions by simply requesting a list of properties that were still unsold. 

You could do a cash out refi after the cash purchase to pull out most of your money anyways, and you would get that instant equity.However, I also believe in spreading out your risk.  

My only problem is I don't know anyone that is willing to do it. i marketed it on my social media and nobody seemed to want to do it.

I have clients spread across the country and I even have a few local clients who I never see face to face because we do everything via phone or email.    

He is finding  deals that cash flow and or have a big enough spread to be flipped.

With any asset class, a proper investment analysis spread sheet is the best place to start.