If you were gifted an elf that could tackle only one job, what would you have the elf do to reduce your work load the most? 

You employ people, help the economy with each transaction (ads, transactions costs, materials, labor, etc)...I am no real estate ethicist, but my best idea: give a lot (like whatever is a lot to you, be it three, four, five or six figures) to the very best charity you can find, maybe one that tackles homelessness or a major social problem.

A series of small successes and pretty soon you've tackled a big problem. 

Flipping land is an art and sure is quite a niche that most investors never tackle.

:)Painting is the only thing I'd even try to tackle, but my wife and I started painting our house a couple years ago and after about two days of work, realized that outsourcing was better for our marriage

Thanks @Seth Williams for some more great advice, listsource to my knowledge doesn't supply tax delinquent information so I will tackle that info on individual county websites or offices.

Local banks can get over the experience portion for stabilized multi-families if the borrowers have strong financials (both income and capital).Congrats on being a young investor and tackling a good sized deal.

You can always buy the home using a renovation loan and tackle anything that needs renovations/repairs up front.

If you have the time, desire knowhow, connections (crews etc) then you might want to tackle it yourself. 

It's a lot easier to tackle tasks each day when you're already committed to a course of action and you're not asking yourself what's next throughout the day.If you can shoehorn the 40 hours into 16-hour double shifts, you really gain time.