(FYI when working for a friend ask hard question first) So now we were broke living off my job alone, which was not a lot.

It's hard for me to gauge what you should charge, as 1. most, if not all, the restaurant deals (20+ over the last 2 years) I do that involve a patio there's no additional charge for use of the patio, and 2.

I wanted to refinance with a hard money lender but the the amount of the rental was too low to qualify.

I do have a hard goal of having a property in 2018. 

Hard to explain more.

This is hard work and not a get rich quick approach, it's a get rich creative strategy.

Is it hard to get one of the renters to leave, so my family could live in an owners unit? 

The hard part is I really liked working with their acquisition agent who helped me buy the property and rehab it. 

I am an investor looking for local BRRRR deals, but they have been hard to find since I have a busy full-time job in another industry. 

Having said that, if you have zero skin in the game, and don't have something to offer like experience or a trade skill, it is definitely a hard sell to an investor, you need to be able to establish confidence in you with the investor.