Look for adding square footage to property maybe converting an attached garage to living space, or adding a bathroom or bedroom to the units to fetch higher rents. 

Just google "DealMachine cold calling challenge"

I saw this ad for sale by owner.

Some will let you rent your primary and still do a DSCR loan on the subject, however, this would come with the added scrutiny of really documenting and evidencing you have no intention of moving in to the subject.  

It takes 2-3 years to get it off the ground and adding investing in the mix would be too much.

I laughed when I read that you added value through "Pain", which I assume you meant, Paint ;-)This shows that you are going to hold this investment.

By adding an extra bedroom, and opening up the 2nd unit by restructuring some of the walls, switching around some of the rooms in the first unit to make it more inviting and give it a larger kitchen.

Partnering with family and securing owner financing to acquire the property below asking price was a smart move, and the renovations sound like they added significant value.As a direct lender, I’d love to explore how we might assist with your future growth, especially as you look to scale into larger multi-family investments.

and were done by 100.00 incredments and by year time frames so if you wanted to know the payment on a 45k loan at 10% for 7 years you found the 10%page and then 40k ( went up to about 200k)  then the 5k the payment was spelled out and you added the two together to get the monthly payment..

Ranking on Google is extremely difficult and takes a ton of resources as there is so much competition.