Not knowing you're exact area or price point, I would recommend looking at multi units in San Pedro (the last affordable beach left in the west side), Long Beach (heavy rental market), Fullerton (great schools and universities), Monrovia (the next Pasadena), Korea Town (the new echo park), mid-Wilshire (excellent rental market), South Adams (the current hot spot for flips), Cypress (near Oxford Academy), Duarte (the next Monrovia, stay above foothill).

I do excellent work, nobody loves my property more than me, my investment model is a live-in flip so I've got plenty of time to make repairs and upgrades, and I have a very difficult time finding great contractors.I believe there are inspections involved before the lender will release the funds.The 20% down is to avoid PMI or Private Mortgage Insurance.

Plan from them and concentrate on keeping them to a minimum of things to work on that will excel you.  

I have excellent credit score and the unit has solid cash flows.  

I used, Excel Homes.

The way to do it best is to leverage your personal strengths, knowledge, and personality type at all your deals.Everyone has something that they excel at.

They do neither labels, or postcards, they just provide a computerized list that you can open in a product like Excel.

Initial Screening:Develop an Excel spreadsheet that allows you to enter the standard inputs for each cost item for each state. 

Excellent resource.

Deal with a credible, BBB accredited company that has been in business for many years and provides good assets that are turnkey and they stand by their clients with a warranty and great property management after the sale (that is key).