There are NO institutional investors that will jump on this kind of deal, but you can maybe find a private lender or do a Joint Venture (equity split?).

Best to do Joint venture with a  reputed flipper near you at the start

See if you can do meetups and meet experienced investors near your city and see if you can get onto  a Joint Venture to get feet wet

I'll take having a health care directive over 10 LLC's any day.  

Property management is not a joint exercise between you and them.

You could lease part for food service or coffee shop and some retail space, a small health club, massage. 

I currently enjoy my full time job in health care, but would love to cut down on my hours in another 5-10 years.

You are usually better off filing jointly. 

I think my skills in mental health counseling and healthcare management are going to be surprisingly relevant to real estate investing (at least I hope so). 

For the most part its just health and safety items, which are items we should have remedied anyways.As someone else mentioned, biggest thing to avoid is having the house tagged as vacant which the city will do if it sits empty for too long (handful of months, grass not cut, etc).