To give some more information on my plan, I am in the beginning stages of contacting lawyers, agents, contractors, mortgage brokers, and hard money lender to build out my contact list.Simultaneously, I am beginning to develop systems for generating leads.I have been listening to the BP Podcast for the past year and it has been a tremendous help in driving my interest in REI.  

House hacking is the way to go at your stage in investing.  

I joined BP about three weeks ago and bought a few books to help get me started on the investigation stage of the process.

Since I am in my growing stage of my hopefully long term real estate journey, I want to purchase as many buy and holds as quickly as I can (I am 30).

All of my properties are in Connecticut.So far:Triplex in New Britain- BRRRR complete and fully operational.2625 Rent Roll 100,000 acquisition  50,000 renovation, 140,000 refinance out 190,000 valuationDuplex in Manchester- BRRRR complete2500 Rent Roll 60,000 acquisition  60,000 renovation, 140,000 refinance out 190,000 valuation.Duplex in New Britain- Auction.com buy at the refinance stage.2475 rent roll  75,000 acquisition  20,000 renovation,  looking to refinance out 120,000 for a 160,000 valuationDuplex in New Britain- bad foundation renovation done this month2400 rent estimation 85,000 acquisition 20,000 renovation, looking to refinance out 120,000 for a 160,000 valuationDuplex in Manchester- acquired from wholesaler half rented and in renovation2300 rent estimation 77,000 acquisition 20,000 renovation,looking to refinance out 120,000 for a 160,000 valuationBrand new acquisition:2300 rent estimation 70,000 acquisition  30,00 renovation, looking to refinance out 120,000 for a 160,000 valuationI will be documenting everything I can about the 6th deal as we go.

I'm in the early stages of educating myself before making the leap.

(You said it was a higher end market so I'll assume you're staging it.)  

My wife and I are in the starting stages of building our dream cabin on some family property situated between Black Hawk and Rollinsville! 

Start early and follow through on every step.Prepare an "appraisal packet" (Thanks @Yinmeng Yu ) - my appraisers were very happy (never hurts to kiss some butt at this stage).

It's very early stages for me but I'll probably approach it the same way I do with SFR and that's with mailing campaigns to try to find off market deals.