We have already put on a new roof ($9,900), new fence + block windows ($2,400), new windows ($3,900), and new back stairs/porch ($2,700).  

And then maybe do some flip deals once we have easier access to money. 

You have MLS access so you can see what is on the market.Also you do mention that agents have given up on you after sending you a number of listings that did not work.  

Do you have immediate access to funds if we brought you the perfect deal?

I'm also helping a couple of investors buy properties in that area as well.The SW side can be very tricky because the character of the neighborhoods can change within a few blocks of each other.

For me, when I got started it was a) access to cheap private capital (family & friends), b) a willingness to house hack and live with roommates, c) location in a city with a cheap real estate inventory, and d) a friend who was also investing and could help me with some contractor contacts.Yours will be different, for example maybe you know a certain area of the city very well and can recognize underpriced MLS properties, or you have the time to send out direct mail and take phone calls, or you have the temperament to knock on doors of potential sellers, or you are very handy and can save money on the rehab, or you have a very long-term investment horizon so you can buy in marginal areas, or you love networking and can convince someone to JV a deal... you get the idea.  

You can't be held responsible for what THEY decide to do.I wouldn't deny access to the house though.  

Area average is 750 on rentometer and my brother gets 700 for his units a few blocks away.  

@William Kyle Walker  again don't know the context but I have been around a few blocks a few times.. and if I have seen people flame out in RE its robbing peter to pay paul.. its slippery slope that once you get behind many times you can't recover and it just gets worse and depending on the situation here IE you have investor it can move to a criminal type thing..

PVP (including the less jumbled up blocks/areas of san pedro) is synonymous with luxury (unlike Compton and increasingly many urban areas of socal) so at least there is value added / luxury potential appeal to any multifamily you invest in, ie get as a fixer upper deal and actually hold long term for rent cashflow - as opposed to flipping(which subjects u to capital gains).