Too tenant (yes tenant) friendly and I wouldn't want to lose my house.

To answer your questions:-We’ve seen success with a wide variety of strategies; we have clients with buy-and-holds, house hacks, BRRRRs, and flips.

Quote from @Erica King: Hey hey so I’m a single mom that started house hacking a little over a year ago .

Looking forward to reviewing these options.Here's the PA law: https://clsphila.org/housing/security-deposits-in-pa/Any bank account will work.

You can house hack the other rooms.

A couple that come to mind in addition to the ones @Drew Sygit mentioned:Dirty House Buyers (Ann Arbor/Ypsi area - look for their FB group - 1st Tuesday of the month)Ann Arbor (AAREIC) has a meeting every other Thursday morning at Union RecThanks,Marcia

REALITY CHECK: THIS BUSINESS IS HARD.Wholesaling and buying houses off-market is a sales game—and sales is brutal.

Beginning my house hacking journey and looking to connect with as many other investors in our area as possible. 

My preferred options are:1. house-hack with a duplex under ARV; live in one unit => renovate => rent the other unit2. buy a SFH under ARV that could be converted into a duplex (preferably adjacent units vs top/bottom) - I'm assuming the biggest challenge with this strategy would be separating the infrastructure for utilities; and costly.

I literally think of loan sharks or getting your house or assets taken away from you when I hear it LOL.What does points mean?