House hacking, First property purchase

[Aidan Fox]

I am 21 years old who has spent the last 3 years dedicated to learning real estate. I now help run a local real estate group here in Eugene, Oregon. I plan on moving to Arizona in a few months for change and to fully dive into my investing career. I have a group of 4 going with me looking to rent out a house. I’m looking into buying the house myself and house hacking. I’ve saved a good amount of capital for a fha loan but can find other ways around it do do a different strategy. Should I start like this without even being there yet to know good locations and properties or should I rent first, and then purchase a house once I get comfortable there? If that’s the case should I house hack or buy a flip to accelerate my real estate career.