Also I'd look a bit outside the center, closer to the beach, like Porto Rafti.Let me know if you move forward with this, I'd love to help out in any way that I can, even as a translator. :)

Ideally, I want to get properties that are 10+ units and will get me closer to my goal.I will admit that there is a certain degree of fear that I have in regards to starting this adventure. 

Places like the Midwest have low capital and long distance and Nevada has strong appreciation and closer. 

Plus you will most likely be closer to 20 or 25% down.

If you go with a builders templated design you might be closer to the right number. 

If I refi, I'd be closer to 7% or higher

This may not be a perfect BRRRR, but it'll be a lot closer than if I would've gone with the first GC I interviewed.

It'll be closer to 7-9%.3.

House hacking now in CA and interested in moving forward with buy and holds in AZ closer to Lake Mohave and/or southern and more central TN.

I think it comes shy of the $15K savings because you're also essentially re-amortizing the loan and the payments are a little less, but obviously $14K is way closer to $15K than $900 is.