More difficult after spending money on a rehab, but it might be worth an appointment with an attorney.  

After spending 16,000 he's paying 2850.

For the 2-3 months of dry heat, (that most of us spend in the pool or at the lake) we get to enjoy 9-10 months of pure joyous weather without extreme rain, snow, hurricanes, tornados or any other extreme conditions. :)

Maybe he's talking about a private money lender??

That would be a helpful addition to your plan as you would further reduce your cost of living.Also don’t forget from that $600 you are planning on getting in cash flow you have taxes, insurance, maintenance, capex, and vacancy to consider.With two homes, you may want to keep that extra $20k as an emergency fund rather than spending it on a third property and then be left with no emergency funds.

That’s why the successful wholesalers and flippers I know spend $10,000 and more MONTHLY on marketing.  2.

Time is a valuable resource and "spending" it everywhere at once isn't worth the effort.

You could get a loan from a local bank or private lender to fund it

If you have at least $2,000 to spend or once you scale to that point you could run ads to get your seller leads to come to you and usually these people are just scrolling and your ad pops up that you're looking to "pay cash for homes." 

@Patrick Braswell Got it. just didn't want you to spend all the time working with your family members if the bank won't approve a HEL.