If you want to 10x yourself, thing bigger and more creatively....and consider hiring a coach in the area of your focus (see links - first one is from my coach on ways to get into MF investing; the second is an interview I did to share ideas on how I got involved and accelerated my experience, learning and income).  

Since, I do not have a steady income, I would have to consider creative financing, hard money loan, and private money or another way of financing a deal.

She could not find anyone to rent her a home because she was a stay at home Mom with no verifiable income/job (left job to move home). 

My wife and I  have a decent income, i'm a firefighter and she is a cosmetologist and we had been saving money for a while and had been keeping it in mutual funds.

If you choose the delayed finance option, remember lender will be qualifying you based on credit score and personal debt to income ratios, also.  

(I have contracts in hand)My wife and I have very strong W2 income, and we also have another rental property cash flowing decently.

Now that I have 4 income producing units her tune has changed.

Since it's a rental (and the numbers won't work very well for a flip as they stand) you will want to run the numbers as if you were going to wholesale to a buy & hold investor.What is the rental income for the property? 

After listening to the BP podcasts and reading through these forums, I finally feel like I have found something to supplement my income.

After listening to the BP podcasts and reading through these forums, I finally feel like I have found something to supplement my income.