Hello,I'm currently looking to buy my first rental. Looking at both Duplexes and SFH. I make around 180k living on the west coast. I currently have around 20k cash for a down payment and that is steadily increasing so...

That might give you some experience running a house, hearing what people are willing to pay for rent, management issues and all the other things involved. 

I already got a letter from rent board saying i told them to leave which is false. yes this is SF,CA. people wonder why rent is expensive in sf its because landlord like us always get screwed by these tenant.

If you really need a partner, consider looking into local meetups and regional conferences to meet people. 

Do you have a written estimate from the people that will do the clean up?

Any advice on reaching people, buyers, investors, etc in other states to help gain momentum and interest?

Use caution when people say they get both.

Attend meetups and meet as many people in RE as you can.

Some people gave me advice saying I need to get a real estate agent and an attorney also some say just an attorney since I found a house.

Because of his experience, he knows plenty of people that he has worked with in the past that I would hire to renovate.