Hey Mike, good discussion and good that you have some clear expectations going in.As others have mentioned, since you'll be living there, it can be better to start with a subset of cities that you'll genuinely enjoy living in, then work backwards into data and metrics from there.For the cities you mentioned, here's a visualization of current rent-to-price ratios.

Genuinely trying to learn here.

But I genuinely believe that if you’re just getting started, house hacking is the better option.

I don't mean to cause offense - this is me just asking a genuine question.

He genuinely seemed apologetic and wanted to fix this issue going forward. 

We meet each other face to face, talk weekly...sometimes daily, and grow our abilities and knowledge by learning, conversing, networking, and supporting each other.We aren't out to beat each other up, we all genuinely want to learn, support and motivate each other to be successful in the business we all chose to be in.

I mainly handle the entirety of our leasing/marketing departments so since I'm able to cut the time I spend on showings in half, I'm finding a lot more time to reach out to new leads and form genuine connections with prospectives which really pays off when it's time to sign a lease! 

Trust your gut and focus on building genuine relationships first.

If you have any further advice, particularly on assessing due diligence with updated systems and recent price reductions, I would genuinely appreciate it.

I’m genuinely scared and wonder if I should put the tenants in a hotel?