I want to help with low-income housing in my community that I know well and I've worked in for many years. lenders sometimes want 3 deals of the same level done.

This initial build is funded by my cash and equity in personal residence.

Anyone who works remote or online or does low skill manual labor.

Good news is that the bills will be extremely low.

If you are setting aside funds for capex, taxes, insurance, or other expenses that don't occur monthly, transfer those funds to Savings each month and hold them there until it's time to spend them.

- Should I use my own capital up front or try to partner with an established land flipping business to fund the deals? 

Very low fees and probably equal or better rate - I have gotten 80K personal loans from SOFI. 

However, we backed out of said deal because we found out we would only qualify for a certain amount of money on a second loan that was way too low for the market I live in.

What you are describing is using private money to fund your deals.

Tell them that you're helping out the homeowner and have the funds to bring the loan current.