@William EspichIn my opinion, a good agent will help you tackle half the battle, finding decent deals.

In Scott's book, he talks about focusing on tackling those and he also mentions house hacking, which we are very interested in.So do we:1. 

This has been our dream for the past four years and as we start this journey together I realized there are so many unforeseen battles that will rage on and beat you down on flips, especially when you tackle vacant homes and decide to bring them back to life!

I want to tackle all that myself this time and need all your help.So therefore, what company/companies do you recommend for doing credit/background/eviction checks?

Since I can't tackle these all at once (i am overly ambitious at times i admit.)

No offense but you seem to lack the requisite experience to tackle a project of this complexity and magnitude.

if you have low return on equity AND low cash flow then maybe sell some of your rentals. you also won't be able to BRRR with that dti, you're going to run into the same problem when you tackle a refi. 

How big of a rehab would you tackle on your first project?

The tackling on defense was absolutely horrible.

After answering those questions, I think you can tackle the others like location etc,There are lots of great markets, so go visit your top their selections and then make a decision.