Three of the homes had "tenants" in them, who were rented to no more than 30 days before wed bought them.

What's your budget and what areas are you open to?

Anything less and it's unlikely to be a wholesale deal.If you have a lull in your mailings (perhaps due to budget constraints) start cold-calling Craigslist.

Plus, you'll have the added benefit of knowing how to better manage money and be diligent to sticking to a budget and financial goals.Now, if you are dead set on starting a business right away you do have some options.

Now I have property B which needs about 30k in rehab (I have a detailed budget with quotes).

I've got more info that not only is the seller going to be moving here in 45 days, but his GF is pregnant and they are planning a wedding. 

The reason given by the Washington Legislature forbidding non-owners from paying someone else's taxes is that some owners were being scammed by investors paying the owner far less for a property he/she was about to loose, then the property owner would have received in excess proceeds from the highly competitive property tax foreclosure sale.A number of local investors say that the real reason for the change in who can pay property taxes, is that many county budgets were being seriously impinged by investors removing excess proceed funds that otherwise escheat to the county general fund.

Obviously we should budget for CapEx and perhaps most newbies don't but after reading that article I think it's time I move to Ohio and paint for Ben.

Hello Sijie,I would budget for a property manager whether or not you plan to use one, that way if you do decide to use one you have the money for it.  

Aside from that look into @Justin Silverio 's quarterly meetup in Reading, that happens to be next Wednesday and a new meeting up in Nashua the Wed after that.