@William Tiffani Smith your best bet is to have a lawyer draft you a letter. 

How could I ever refinance or sell this property? 

Most lenders will use 3rd party appraisals to determine a value for a refinance.

I bet that was an awesome trip!

The VA loan also seems to have extra stipulations regarding when we are allowed to refinance.

I bet you can do it.

And assuming I would like to do a modified BRRRR strategy, how could one refinance one at a time without having to refinance all of them?  

I think selling and using the 1031 process to leapfrog into a few solid SFR rentals would be your best bet.

Obviously, I'm looking for something with value-add potential, and probably looking to refinance/sell within 3-7 years.

Preferably as many units as possible but with hidden value in making improvements (the unfinished attic in our current house was a goldmine) a.My feeling is auctions are good place to go for this but I don’t know anything about auctions. 3.Rent a property to live in for the first year I can’t subject my fiancé to living in a gut rehab again 4.Use the cash generated from the property and work during that first year to put together a down payment for a house for us. 5.Re finance the rental property and buy more property.These are my other day one questions: 1.I’m an architect, does anyone have any advice for actively leveraging my skills to help me do this real estate investing thing full time/ what career change could help me ease into this while still having a salary?