It is likely that your real estate agent has contractor contacts that you could leverage, or you could even "drive-for-contractors", as @Brandon Turner says.

Figure out how much it would cashflow as a rental, with factoring for vacancies, cap ex, repairs, and management, and hoa.

I made a list of Probates, Pre Foreclosures with Equity, Pre Foreclosure without Equity and Non Owner Occupied, in Miami.I went "driving for dollars" for vacant homes and now I'm ready to start marketing and reaching out to them.Altogether I have a list of 1,011 "leads." 

It's the silly little questions like this that drive me nuts!

If you are not going to visit the area, find someone on BP who is local to the area, pay them $500 to attend the inspection and drive around the area and end you pictures / video.  

Hey guys my name is Adrian, and I was driving for dollars and found a couple abandoned home, but I can’t find any useful information on the owner like current address, or number, e-mail on the county records.

I then save or scan everything to an encrypted drive and shred any paper. 

ya there were many Bay Area investors who bought 4 plex's through LInda Gurcheck in PHX who learned that one the hard way when the building of new subdivisions came to a screeching halt in 08 to 2012 and many of those clients had 100% vacancies on a 4 plex for year or more.these sold at the peak these 4 plexs for 300 to 350k  in 2010 I could buy them same exact building vacant of course for under 100k each.it is a very big misnomer to think that rentals cannot go vacant.. and of course this is HUGELY regional.. and current economics plays a big factor.

The age and condition would be the biggest factors when considering how much money you need in immediate reserves. 

We connected over our passion for real estate and self development and I could see his drive and motivation.