My plan is to  hold long term and acquire properties as cash allows.

Thankfully with the technology of today; there is a huge opportunity to wholesale from a distance that if you two can master it...you can acquire property anywhere. 

By strategy, I mean as a way to acquire properties to hold, just as some use finding off-market properties to purchase, rehab or wholesale.

Alright everyone my business may have just hit a huge roadblock...I recently started a new job where I need acquire my series 7 and series 24 investment licenses.

Widespread access to high speed internet, the "gig" economy and online business opportunity have revolutionized work, but is it done?

Access equity without losing properties. 

Most of these homes are very poor locations and very poor condition.You need to hire someone to go out, access the property (drill out locks, install new locks, and install lock box with keys,) clear the property (many of these properties have squatters living in them,) secure the property (lock windows, fix broken/unsecured points of entry,) evaluate the home, build a rehab budget, and send over pictures and/or video.There are several GC's and home inspectors who are offering these services for the MI/OP clients.

I have a real estate license and a FL state roofing license, plus have plenty of contacts in property management and in different construction fields in South Florida - however, I am finding it difficult even with access to the MLS and using LoopNet to find any deals worth their salt from Monroe County up to Broward County.I'm lookin to buy and hold invest and prefer a tri or quad plex multi-family. 

I have a lender, Ray Putt with Access Capital Mortgage, who I've known personally for over two decades, did our loan for our home (and everyone else in my family) and now has done several for my clients as well (he can do loans nationwide).  

As you acquire more you may need to up the number but in short, no there is no true formula.