If you do not have any experience flipping you will quickly learn you can not live or run a business with zero income.You will need to work until you grow your business.

Does anybody know a quick way to find cash buyers and contractors?

Then they started running again, quickly passing me again on their way to the finish line.As I went towards the end of the race I saw my family cheering for me and my 8-year-old and her cousin jumped into the race and started running beside me all the way to end of the race with me.  

Quick hypothetical in case that the last paragraph didn't make sense:Purchase property at 50kIt rents for $1000/moIt cash flows $300/moSell it for 75k because it's appreciatedNet a 25k profit(we wouldn't actually, with commissions, closings, taxes etc, but I'm keeping this simple)Now we can put 25% down on a 100k propertyIt will gross $2000/mo(2% rule)Now we net $600/mo cash flow.Our cash flow has doubled because of the snowballing!

It was simple and quick to do the course online through WRA.  

You may find good labor, but that can run out quick and leave you in a bind unless you are the back up.

The city wants this thing fixed quickly.

For example, hard money, although it has a high rate, you can usually close very quickly and if you have a good deal, you might not have to bring any money to the table.So, all things considered, private money is usually the best for reasons mentioned above, but that doesnt mean that other financing options should never be used or explored.

Quick rundown on me, my wife is a licensed agent and me and my business partner plan on buying our first deal as soon as we find one.

My dad is currently building his score back up quickly but there will not be much history, most likely I will need to lend my credit to help them buy.