I have been getting regular deals from wholesalers that for the most part I disregarded as I see them as quite risky.

At the surface it sounds risky to do this but is it?

I've had clients want to use "handyman" type construction guys and that's a risky plan.

That being said you do have one risky strategy you can try that I will describe below.There are two relevant orders, to evictions and one that has to do with price gouging.The most relevant to you at this time is Emergency Executive Order 20-79; Rescinding Emergency Executive Orders 20-14 and 20-73. 

Presuming you paid little for these properties, your risk is minimal. 

Hard money seems a little risky for me, at my current experience level, but no doubt down the line it is a great option!

My little bro did some super aggressive and risky real estate deals when he was younger and made a LOT of money quickly then lost it all quickly and had foreclosures and probably bankruptcy.

Your private funding source would have to be pretty dumb to lend you money at 2% in a risky venture like real estate when they can get 5% risk free.You can currently borrow money at ~3% interest from an institutional lender, which is a smoking deal. 

I know people will say mind your own business, but if I felt kids were at risk, I would call CPS.Like Pat L, I had a good tenant go bad after almost 5 years and I suspect drug use was involved-sad both for her and her kids. 

A pre-closing occupancy seems risky (for the seller at least) under the best of circumstances, but even more so during COVID with evictions being put on hold or at least significantly delayed in most jurisdictions.