I would encourage you to learn the market you plan to invest in now and to continue to learn about the different methods of investing.

If you have the time to devote to it, direct to seller methods can be very effective, but will take ultra-patience and intensive work. 

Was looking to save where possible in this market but the method I proposed is not worth the consequences. looks like 20% down it is!

Any recommendation for the first steps I should take if I want to purchase my first rental property using the BRRRR method (or flipping).

These methods include: Detailed Engineering Cost ApproachDetailed Engineering Cost Estimate ApproachSurvey or Letter ApproachResidual Estimation ApproachSampling or Modeling ApproachExperience or “Rule of Thumb” ApproachIt’s important to understand the differences between the approaches including which one best fits your property and the reliability of each approach.DETAILED ENGINEERING COST APPROACHThis approach compiles the costs from construction and accounting reports to build a report.

I jumped into real estate doing the BRRRR method, understanding that holding property will allow me to build generational wealth, but then learning that landlord income is not the best way to feed your family.

If you offer more $ for the property than the all cash offers AND you appear to the seller to be highly qualified in the method you are using for sourcing the payment, at some point your offer will be more appealing than the all cash offers.I don't understand why you would consider a 1031 for another property in two years. 

Here is a link to it: https://www.reddit.com/r/RealEstate/comments/sz6udf/who_has_...Also, I received an email to review them so I clicked on their Google Reviews and saw that they had 4.8 Stars.

You can even plan vacations that are written off if using the sandwich method by doing work on Friday and Monday for real estate and the weekend is there so you do vacation stuff so all lodging and travel can be written off. 

Even if they do not, it’s not your legal responsibility.Long version: It actually depends on your method of payment, and it’s not always clear.Credit card payments: clearly not you problem, no 1099s needed.Zelle payments: you DO need to send 1099s for Zelle payments.PayPal, Venmo and Cash App payments: this is where it gets tricky.