Just be the most organized, friendly and professional guy they work with and you can make this happen. 

While I have the cash to put forward as a downpayment on this property I've zeroed in on, I'd prefer to leverage that cash for incremental investments.

Why are your options focused on decreasing your leverage when you looking to BRRR?  

I have had some capital to work with for the past few years as down payments but without my job would not have been able to leverage it to get the mortgages.

#Leverage

I can do handy repairs and I am a quick learner. 4- The amount of incredible information available can be overwhelming so I am open to organically finding a mentor & I am willing to do some work as well.

Did you leverage that debt with a long term loan?

I was hooked and used my 2600 to buy raw land instead. leveraged that to buy commercial.

Buy for cash flow, use modest leverage, and have adequate reserves!

Whenever I see success stories, they usually involve boot-strapping, or leveraging somebody you know from somewhere to give you some opportunity that you were able to martial forward to get the snowball rolling.We don't really have a network of people (friends and family are all in different states)We aren't Real Estate agentsI don't have any handy-man/rehab skillsThis sounds bad to me even as I write it, but all I really have going for me to get started is funding and a sincere interest in learning and growing myself.