I agree with John's advice, start telling everyone what you're looking for and if needed, tackle a few small deals on your own to gain a reputation.

To be honest, my lady wears the tool belt in the relationship and I'm just hired muscle, but I'm very confident in her vision, skills and execution, and I think there's very little that we wouldn't be able to tackle in terms of fixing up our first property.

So that leaves the option of upgrading the house, but you kinda indicate that you do not have the funds to tackle that.

Why can't one person buy it and be responsible for the loan and create a LLC later to move the property to LLC and tackle the partnership later.I talked to CPA and she is said that's not going to work.

Now we're trying to tackle our mortgage (might pay it off in 4 to 6 years but haven't decided).

My only thing to tackle now is building up that buyers list as well as getting better at telling someone that their 35k asking price is gonna have to come down to about 6 or 8k to do a deal with me.

How should I tackle the order of rehab?

They can do a google search for stats and facts.Stop selling, stop acting like everything is easier than it actually is, and do the blocking and tackling of helping green and naïve investors.

With experience, you will be able to tackle more complex transactions/constructions.

Well, considering you new I think trying to tackle apartment buildings with creative financing is something thats way over your head and not for a new investor.