I will be living in 1 unit, and the remaining 1-3 units will be rented to produce income.

However I can only produce about 20k on paper.  

That one decision has helped me to catapult my investing career because it gave me a healthy chunk of cash to be able to use to invest, rehab, have reserves, etc.If I understand the BRRR strategy, I believe that usually involves getting a hard money loan to purchase and rehab the property and then you can refinance into a conventional loan, right?  

My end goal is 5-10 buy and holds that I own outright that will be producing a cashflow of $5,000.  

Would you happen to know any good contractor's in Orlando that produce quality kitchen remodels for a fair price?  

. :)  I've actually learned quite a bit since I put this property under contract, and knowing what I know now I probably wouldn't purchase this property again, but at this point assuming all goes well with inspections and appraisals, I think I'll see this one through and use it as an income-producing education lesson.

She has claimed an air conditioner bill that she can't produce that she said got trashed. 

Can they manage properties that are already producing.

Our income together - we do not produce a lot of savings yet - as my real estate career is new - and living in Cali is not cheap!

My primary interest is income producing single family homes and finding motivated sellers to buy and resell properties.