You can do one of two things, get them under contract for a wholesale flip or start looking for a lender and a good property manager.My first was 23 SFR homes but, I started by finding a quality property manager and asking about properties or portfolios for a sale. 

If you are investing far away I would start by researching for a property manager with quality reviews, just ask them what they may have from their other owners inventory, you could find a good deal with fully rented out properties and not even have to move.   

One of the people responding pointed out that she should be sure she knew wholesale laws for her state before speaking with a realtor.

Will be speaking to an attorney as well.

Generally speaking you can get between 5-10 houses here in Florida for every 1 house in California. 

@Caleb Heimsoth  as Bob noted, there are people who will paint for $175/day but availability might be a big issue and it also depends on what quality you're looking for (e g does it matter to you that the old paint bleeds thru in a couple of spots)if you figure around $1.05-$1.10/sq ft (of wall space, not just floor space) that will put you on the low end of retail, will give you a decent quality job but won't include wall repair or baseboards/trimdry locking the basement should be around the same price but that stuff has a pretty overwhelming odor so you might get contractors saying they either don't do it or want a premium....get yourself a quart and open it up if you don't know what I mean....I've got a painter and other contractor referrals.....most will work anywhere on the west side. 

Generally speaking, I reckon you don't want "second" (ie. higher interest) mortgages, unless it's the only way of buying yet more (super-bargain) properties, which wouldn't be the case if you were needing a first and a second mortgage for just this second property (ie.

If you have a quality home to rent, there will be plenty of applicants in Westland. 

He said after speaking he was going back to the office to work on a pool of 2700 notes.

What flow rate and water quality?