I have chosen my stragety of buying Duplexes, Tri's, and Quads.

As a contractor I always prefer a full gut but it does eat away the rehab cost and takes longer but no stress about plumbing, leaks, electric, lead paint and etc in the future.The patch up would cost less, fast timing, but then you are gambling with what's behind the wall and hoping nothing happens in the future.I assume most house that are purchase for BRRRR purpose are in distress/bad condition and old on some occasion.What rehab number would you go for?

We have clients from around the world who have chosen Memphis as their place to invest!

I feel its important to understand and attain advice about the ownership status and tax ramifications of your chosen entity.

Sounds like you did not do any homework and its going to kick you in the butt and it sounds like you gambled on this one. 

Definitely up, so the gamble on rates cannot go your way.I had one ARM in the past, and it went my way when it adjusted, but only because the market collapsed.

@Harry Gamble The cost of insurance will vary greatly based on the individual property types, specifics, and locations.

I am in the same boat as you and have chosen to focus on SFR for my first rental.  

.- I have no problem finding cash flow properties in my chosen area in So Cal.

I believe your point was more about if you are a W2 and expect retirement savings if you are lucky with your 401k to get you to where you want to be when you retire then yea, that is taking a gamble given the access to wealth building vehicles that are possible in today's world.