The goal is to replace 1 persons income, for now, and pricing on multifamily seems too high at the moment to be able to accomplish that without more money on hand.I've been in property management for around 4 years and my husband is with the same company in the renovations department.

They offer that for cheaper than I can get them done, so I let them assemble and install them on my jobs.I personally do my own design, so no need for design assistance for me personally.As for quality, that goes with price.  

The person you mentioned has no formal credit background.

Ok...this person needs to quit drinking coffee with caffeine and, should probably stay off the internet for a while.

I'm looking for ready to assemble (RTA) that do not have any particle board or OSB.Found RTACabinets.com which seems interesting but I'd like to look at some in person if possible, maybe even LA County.Current quote from HD (Home Depot) for their ready made in inventory cabinets is $2600, those are particle board low grade cabinets.I'm going to bet Kevin Fox replies in this thread.

A person can cash-flow in ANY market, ANY state, ANY MSA....

That will be your main sources of funds...and typically you and your friends will need to invest $50,000-$100,000 per person. 

When you have equity that is a good thing, but the smartest thing to do with your equity is to keep banking it.

You want to be the reference (in terms of knowledge)- Understand how to do the financial modeling of this type of asset or if you outsource, make sure that person is available when you pitch. 

This is just my personal opinion and how I would deploy your capital in RE.