It is really dependent on the individual, their KSAs (knowledge, skills, abilities), their interest level, their geographic proximity, etc.

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They do not tend to like working with newer buyers needing tons of help buying smaller properties for a lower commission check.If you can be more descriptive such as your net worth and liquidity, annual income from job or business, total global cash flow, asset type, deal size, LTV with amount you are looking to put down, area, cap rate expected, fully stabilized or value add,etc.All of these things a good commercial broker will KEY in on to see if what you are wanting to do is readily available or you are looking for a needle in a haystack or wild goose chase type thing.If you are looking to find above market cap rates there are REIT's, pension funds, insurance companies that buy hundreds of millions a year in properties that I can call to purchase in 3 to 4 weeks close all cash.

Based on your description it would take 1-1/2 days for 2 of my guys but we do this every day.

https://www.benefits.va.gov/homeloans/This next link is a good fact and description of the process and requirements. https://www.afrwholesale.com/va-renovation-loan/Prost!

Bennington is a very good geographical location near NY.

It will allow you to post photos and descriptions as well as the basic info like rent and security deposit and whether you allow pets. 

Granted, I am very new and still learning to analyze properties, but it says in the description that it rented for $1272 and is listed at $375k.Not sure if you were just looking at houses in the price range that Jonathan mentioned and not too deep into the numbers, but how could that work for a house hack?

Your description implies you are looking at one unit in that example. 

Your QI is not limited to a geographical location because 1031 is a federal statute that applies in all 50 states.