Let's just get the property furnished, a hot tub installed, and start making some money!  

It is a way of building long-term wealth by using the power of leverage to hold wealth-building assets long enough that they eventually pay for themselves, thus giving you the ability to use other people's money to acquire assets you could not have acquired otherwise.

My plan is to start out by purchasing Single Family Homes (SFHs) in *C* class (and above) areas with a budget of $100K-$200K all in, with the goal of buying, rehabbing, renting, and repeating (BRRRR strategy) for long-term holds.

That's where you start to find your answer. 

I'm unsure of whether I'd self manage or not.Any advice and starting a general discussion on the area would be great!

The widowed mother of 2 who needed a way out of her condo and into a new construction home for her and her children for a new start.

I started advertising it at $2100 and steadily lowered it to now $1700. 

Start by reading the Ultimate Real Estate Investing Guide: https://www.biggerpockets.com/guides/ultimate-real-estate-investing-guide/introduction2.

It seems as if the options for owner-occupiers of three-unit properties are pretty limited, especially if the building has a flat roof. 

One of the issues I have come across is the inspection cost for the building.