If you don't have ideal rapport and this conversation is uncomfortable, talk to your lawyer first and get some basic advice. 

So yes, I agree with Rick - it is the flipper's reputation on the line, and I won't recommend the contractor-owner who flipped this house to anyone ;).I may not have been on the ideal forum for this question, but appreciate the replies!

My ideal situation would be to either save up to 50k-60k or enough to do a BRRRR all by myself, and then churn out 4 or so properties a year by re-using the same chunk of money over and over, pulling it back out at the refinance each time.

So in your example, if your ROE is only 5%, and you have other investment opportunities that can make more than 5% (ideally 10% or 15% or higher), then it is time to 1031 exchange into another property, or sell and put the money towards another type of investment.Put simply: if your ROE is LESS than the ROI of another investment opportunity, it is time to consider selling.Obviously you would also want to take transaction costs and taxes into account as well.

Obviously, it is less than ideal as I will not be able to physically look at every property I am interested in, and not to mention the challenge of trying to get financing while living/working abroad. 

In an ideal scenario, I would be in a market that was in close proximity, with plenty of buying opportunities, and offered great CoCRIO and IRR return metrics. 

However, the property is occupied already, so I am expecting a cash flow of around $400 in an ideal situation.RTR does provide estimate of the basic financial breakdown and expected return for their properties.

In the ideal case, there be a "new California" emerging somewhere in the next 10 years.

Ideally, I want to help people self-filter from ever making it far down the funnel without me having to take a large amount of my time to do so. 

If you're in a high density neighborhood, I would suggest renting the spaces is not ideal - - you're actually creating a negative marketing situation, where down the street spaces come with the units, but not yours :thumbs down:I have lockable garages with my MFU and most only come with car ports - - I win as they can serve as onsite, free storage units.Every amenity is a marketing advantage.