For a flip, you should walk the property with a recommended and referred contractor to understand the rehab expenses.

I would Airbnb the rooms when I wasn't in town.I currently rent a place in San Diego and have a telecommuting job building websites.

That is not what like kind refers to.

The site iComps gives me the most past sale to refer to .

I went to my local website to find the owner but it seems to be absentee owners. and do I still try to get foreclosure homes under contract for wholesaling or no. im currently on info over load.

I know CAP Rates are only a quick reference, but how do you "quickly" factor in the expenses to rehab a property showing high CAP rates, or do you treat that like you would on SF flips/rentals where you deduct rehab costs from the Purchase Price (which I don't think is how it works)?

Some directed me to a bank website where the homes were offered for sale.Some banks informed me that they wait until they have a certain number of properties in a given area with clear deeds and release them all at once during a certain time of year.

You may want to refer to your local tenant/landlord laws and maybe even speak with a real estate attorney on this one.

Ok here's the link:https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/521/topics/57...There's also a website you can go to for the REIAs, here's salt lake city's:https://slreia.comAnd the Utah one:https://www.utahreia.orgI think the REIAs have a membership fee though, but I haven't been to one yet so don't quote me on that. 

You could knock on doors,  "drive for dollars" method to look for empiy houses or FSBO signs,  look at Craigslists ads, do mailings, check or use local papers, go to real estate websites, go to local real estate clubs, etc..