I would take out a private loan on the paid off property to get the other one squared away

Has anyone have any experience acquiring multifamily property using a SBA loan like to get your thoughts?

Hope is a bad strategy.The only on market strategy that I think can work is paying cash/line of credit/hard money for a property that does not qualify for conventional financing.

Maintenance is one of the biggest challenges, maybe even #1, in the Property Management industry.Seems maintenance is, Never Fast Enough for Tenants, or Cheap Enough for Owners!

But you'll be setting them up like rental properties from a bookkeeping perspective. 

We’d love to keep our investment properties closer to home. 

Quote from @Enrique Toledo-Perez: I'm a Realtor and I'm wanting to get into fix and flips by working with wholesalers and buying properties in neighborhoods with a good spread.

Can they prove how long it takes to rent a vacant property?

I have tried to get quotes for these properties and I haven't found a company that is willing to insure me because I have open claims.

Although the list may seem intensive, I look at it like this: The total cost of all these items can be much lower than the cost to repair a hidden surprise after purchasing a property to flip.