I own a few single family rentals and feel comfortable identifying deals and making offers. 

It really comes down to what you are comfortable with. 

You have to put yourself in their shoes and see it from their perspective.

@Marcos Cortez I'm interested an agent that is comfortable wholesaling too!

I’ve been i. your shoes.

(you might have to pay some closing costs unless they can roll them into the FHA loan).[2] A lender who will lend to you.[3] Acceptable lender credit.But job #1 is to stabilize yourself indoors, then get a second job and save up some emergency money so this is less likely to happen to in the future.If you get  a second job at a resturant --maybe you can eat for free there.If you are depressed--get some counseling....some place charge a sliding scale on what you can afford.This is just a skim over view on this stuff...It will probably take you a couple of years to get your act together to where you are comfortable buying..so in the mean time study.Good Luck!

In your shoes, I would be very tempted to make your build & refi in Hawaii plan a reality!

Hire a professional photographer for pictures, find a good cleaning team and handyman, make sure you are comfortable with whatever management platform you will be using to communicate with everyone.

When he was done, the debris from the fix was on her shoes/house plants. 

I would prefer to deal with OOS investing due to my central valley market being so rough right now.Anyone in my shoes and how did you start?