However, through trial and error, I refined my approach, making it more personable and impactful.

Where you purchase a property that needs some work, live in it for 2 years, fix it up (either DIY or hire contractors), and then refinance & rent it out.

I'd suggest continuing to network at real estate events, but also exploring partnerships with professionals in finance, wealth management, etc.Keep refining your investment thesis and building those relationships.

You could just refinance the property and use the $ to pay your siblings. 

If the property is bleeding money every year from repairs, maintenance, or turn over you'll never get ahead.You can tap equity with a HELOC (challenging right now), cash-out refinance into a new loan (much higher rates), 1031 exchange, or sell (tax hit) but the numbers and property condition need to guide this decision.

So I have a FixedAssets account in the chart of accounts, but that's not really usable for tracking the per-item depreciation...there's no entry for when it was placed in use, no way to state depreciation lifetime, nothing that ties loan points to the loan so you notice when you refinance that you should take all the rest of that line item as depreciation immediately, etc.

Personally I'd feel comfortable with a 5-1 ARM. 5 years is a long time to refinance or sell - preferably the former.

Or, rearrange debt, refinance things which there is many options to this. 

While it’s good to help others, you must protect your business first.Today, we’ve refined our processes and now consistently earn an average of $35,000 per wholesale deal with minimal stress and mistakes.

After construction is complete I would do a cash out refinance to pay off the heloc and then rent the home with hopes of it cash flowing and appreciating in value.