The fastest way to do a BRRRR is to initially buy and rehab with money that does not come from the bank (some sort of hard money lend or personal loan not tied to the property) As soon as you buy property with cash, you begin rehab ASAP so have that lined up as well, start building relationships with local contractors. 

Every landlord thinks they are an attorney so all sorts of crazy stuff ends up leases, haha.

You believe that even by holding 1-2 years there is a good possibility that value will increase and you can offload it as a slow flip of sorts, and make a good return off appreciation not just CF On the other hand here are reasons not to do it: 1.

And ballpark what sort of price expectations I should have for a CPA filing taxes for one property in one state and personal income tax (assuming it just makes sense to do both?)?

Can't really put my finger on it but smells sort of like body odor, cigarette smoke and uncleaned clothes.

Looking for any sort of advice!

It depends on what sort of deals you are targeting and what return metric you are looking at.These are a few rule of thumbs I like to follow to determine a good deal, from a return perspective, to LP's:IRR: 17%+Equity Multiple: 2X over 5 yr hold, 3X over 10 yr holdAverage Cash on Cash: 10%+

Both are sort of the evil step child of lending at the moment because there isn't much of an appetite for it.

I knew from experience that some sort of unified hub would benefit investors and contractors alike.

Your agent is supposed to be "THE" Master of the deal, and this is an item that should never be on a buyer to sort.