Utilize your network, credit and equity and the ball will never stop.

The walls on both sides of the sink are water damaged, and it looks like a tile is missing on the floor.

Success requires cash and high credit to qualify for loans.

To boot, basement has a lot of water damage.     

Because it is your credit on the line, you should designate the accountant/bookkeeper/servicer to collect rents and make payment to your mortgagee.

If there isn’t any significant damage or concerns I like to look at the length of life I have with certain items; water heater, appliances, things like that just to plan ahead.

A few ways:- Find a lender who will lend what you need- Find a partner who will put in money in exchange for equity- Convince the seller to hold a note- Purchase with an option contract- Line of credit against another asset

@Linda Weygant   I am also afraid of if they damage my properties. 

Your best bet is probably going to be to look for smaller local banks or credit unions.

The only strategy I have seen so far, and I forget who provided it, was to try and clear as much debt as possible on single family homes and pre-qualify for HELOCs of other lines of credit to be able to start buying at the downside of the cycle.One person mentioned in a facebook group I am in, essentially, "don't worry about it, just hold everything tight and wait it out, it will correct itself."