Their renter who lived in it didn’t take as good of care of it so it might need about 5k to get a few things fixed and to give it a good cleaning.

Fortunately a lot of sellers have said they get frustrated with california investors, so I've gotten the chance to play clean up a few times...

Owner occs will have an easier time getting along day to day, as will those who own something that is safe in all other aspects, i.e. ceiling height, stairs etc. 

Let me know how you got started and if you think there’s an easier way.

Mine is in the mid-600's and I'm self-employed, so I figured it's just easier to put her name on everything to get the lowest interest rate for the investment.Turns out I can't gift the funds to my wife for the Down Payment?

makes my life a bit easier. 

As a new investor which is better/ easier to obtain in order to purchase a home, loans or a buisness line of credit if I open up an LLC. 

Instead of throwing them out, perhaps it would be easier to make them want to leave?  

And when I asked HVAC on the situation/work done on the 2 a/c units, they said the roof unit was out of Freon & needed to be cleaned.

One of the more challenging thing in Multifamily is probably financing. in swaying that, once you figure that out it is easier. so to summarize, anything could look like a "big problem" if you don't know how to deal with it.