You may need the money the day of the sale or even up front in some locations , while you may not get the lien or deed for 30+60 days after the sale. 

Otherwise, any SFR will probably need a fair amount of rehab and/or be located in C/D neighborhoods.

With that being said, if there are any agents or investors located in Western NY willing to let me learn from them, or simply learn more about them, I am willing to work something out and/or possibly work for free.  

@Tyler Munroe My project is located in Newton, one of the most expensive areas of Boston.

I don't see an exact location in the OP, but if this is even remotely considered rural, you are adding another LTV reduction. 

All situations are specific to individuals.Our best wishes and empathy go out to those LA individuals and communities.It’s been about 6 years since one of our storage locations was flooded for about 4 months.  2 feet over the roof.  

Quote from @Matt Smith: Quote from @Malek Bohsali: Where you're located, are you required to comply with today's standards for the entire home or only for the renovated parts of the property?

But a really good property, for what you can afford, in a good location like Charleston and wait. 

We sold 3 locations that had little debt on them with great cashflow, stayed heavy in cash, our stock return was only around 11% versus 25% since we went conservative, have two projects banks have already greenlighted with no downpayment on our part using cross collateralization with other properties- built in $2.5mm equity creation in 3 years in those projects, on hold for now.  .   

Detroit has a lot of real estate investor meetups that you can locate in the events forum here and on meetup dot com.