The BRRRR strategy is predicated on a rapid increase in appreciation and equity in order to successfully complete a cash-out refinance.  

I think it only really works if you are all in with the involvement/responsibility or completely out.3.

I don't want to pay the contractors 100% upfront before repairs are completed due to fear that repairs will take a long time and not be a priority since they have been paid upfront. 

I do a complete renovation in my buy and holds so my costs are lower but I do not carry a percentage I do and analysis of life cycle of each major item - how much it costs and then see how much I need to hold.

If the deed is silent, presumably the HOA docs say something completely different about garages... and since you should have been provided both prior to settlement, this is stuff for you and your attorney to figure out.

This obviously can't completely happen the first meeting, but you want to try to figure out who the so-called "heavy hitters" are at the meeting and gravitate towards them.

Once the property is completely updated each unit can rent for 1300-1500. 

My Dad has a 2 acre property that he wants me to buy from him for $25,000 so he can complete the current construction and put up a small shop. 

Your heirs benefit by inheriting your real estate portfolio at its fair market value at the time of your death and avoid capital gains completely if they decide to sell. 

Hire and manage a design team, including architect, landscape architect, civil engineer, soils engineer, to produce the initial design concepts and schematic plans necessary to complete the entitlement process.