Hi Nikki, in general it is getting more difficult in areas where a lot of licenses have already been requested.

Write your congress person and senator, telling them how difficult/expensive it is for small businesses to comply. 

In the last 10 years, it's been difficult to purchase a SFR at retail prices to rent and do well.

So I would definitely lean toward BRRRR between the two options although BRRRR is difficult in this market.For the large majority of those starting out, I recommend house hacking although I don't know if that would work for you in your situation.

The lower downpayment is great, but the DTI will go up and still make it difficult to afford most multifamily properties.

Essentially, when they send the leads, there is no reference to where they came from or the URL to the lead source, making it difficult on our end to track. 

I would make sure you have a good team ready to go and be ready to pounce whenever the opportunity presents itself.From the lenders perspective, it can be kind of tricky because there are plenty of properties that cash flow well, but even fully-rehabbed they are less than 100k, which make them difficult to lend on.

It's not difficult to lend on low credit borrowers. 

Nothing sits on the market for a year that isn't wildly over priced, poorly marketed and/or made difficult to show.Potential buyers have probably tried to see the place and are being denied or some sort of nonsense to make them not want to make an offer.I bet the realtor will have some interesting info to share - or if they won't say anything to you bc their agreement is with your partner kindly share with them that the houses are in your name and the listing's need canceled immediately unless they start cooperating.Have you laywerd up yet?

I.E. plan is to sell the property in 5 years but he says he no longer wants to sell.You would be on the loan and the monthly payment would count against your DTI making it difficult for you to get loans in the future.