In these cases you need to  the tax sale process to clean up the title.Put yourself in the owner's shoes - if the property had equity, they'd probably have tried to sell it before falling several years behind on their taxes. 

I've also used GC's to complete full rehab jobs & depending on how much work a house needs and how comfortable I am with the rehab, often times I will sub out the work to different painters, handymen, electricians, plumbers, etc instead of using a GC.The more I do this the more comfortable I am managing the jobs myself and it often times saves me significant amounts of money on the rehab costs to just sub out the work vs using a GC for the full rehab.

If you plan on managing it yourself, you want to be close to monitor any improvements and get familiar and comfortable with the entire process.

@Yair ZarmonIf it's your first rental out of state do # 2 to get your feet wet and get comfortable with your team then branch out and get your feet wet and do a BRRRR. 

If you were in my shoes with this amount of money what would you do or where would you start?

I feel much more confident and comfortable now in my search for my first park.

Looking for anyone to just talk real estate and become more comfortable with it.

For reference, I don't use the alphabet coding because it is easy to dupe investors into feeling comfortable with an area without having to get into detail. 

Plus I wasn't married with kids, so I was comfortable taking the risk.I found that owning my primary residence as my first "deal" was a really great way to get into real estate.

It's also helpful to interview a few candidates to see who you feel most comfortable with in terms of understanding your goals and who can offer practical advice tailored to your investment strategy.Make sure to ask about their experience with real estate investors, their fee structure, and whether they have dealt with setting up similar business structures.