If you have insights on the best areas to look, common renovation challenges, or anything else I should be aware of, I’d really appreciate your advice!

All the best to you during your last semester.Househacking is one of the most common routes for new investors in NY.For best returns, I'd recommend focusing on South and Southeast Queens, Central and Southeast Brooklyn, and the Bronx.There are parts of the suburbs (Westchester and Long Island) that have househack opportunities but the property taxes are higher and the commute time to NYC is longer.Abel

Quote from @Leonard La Rocca III: So is it common to find a conventional loan without meeting the lender in-person?

We have a lot in common I love Mexico and crypto as well.

They can also be fairly remote and off the main "retail corridor" not always but its common. 

Another option is a Tenancy-In-Common (TIC) structure, where ownership is split between you and the LLC, allowing compliance with 1031 rules while securing financing.This post does not create a CPA-Client relationship.

You may not be able to simply Google them.Here's my overall reaction to your post.  

Pretty common actually, sounds like you'd be possibly looking for a form of delayed financing. 

So, $3,000 per call multiplied by the total number of calls you have the company place.Furthermore, while most real estate investors don't realize that their calls can be considered "telemarketing" under the TCPA because they think of a telemarketer in a common sense approach versus the legal definition, there would probably be other violations under 47 C.F.R. 64.1200(d) which could add another violation to the mix.

Seems like we have a lot in common!