I'm a CT based investor, flipper and property management company owner.  

No one knows:(It could take a week, a month or more than a year of constant followup until an owner is motivated to sell. 

I think your correct though folks have to adjust to the new normal and the interest rates they are not coming down like folks hoped for I think we are in for a run of years were rates will be more like the 2000s  6 to 7% and Owner occ in the 5s with Maybe some high 4s. but by the time folks wait for that prices will rise in the better markets.

@Paola AstridRecommend exploring as many sources as possible to get referrals AND cross-reference them to get as much accurate information as possible.Check out NARPM.com, BP’s Property Manager Finder (BiggerPockets: The Real Estate Investing Social Network), etc.Also, encourage you to learn from the mistakes of others - by reading posts here on BiggerPockets about owners not having their expectations met by their current Property Management Company.

Apparently a lot of times the owners have more games than their floor can handle and/or have underperforming games that they can sell you.

Did you know that Fannie Mae recently lowered the required down payment to 5% for owner-occupied 2-4 unit homes?

With the newer 5% down conventional loan for owner-occupied multifamily option, I generally advise people to start analyzing from there if they want to house hack a multifamily with minimal down.  

Duplex Development Made Easy - SB 9 permits property owners to convert single-family lots into duplexes.

We use Propstream but I am looking for some added info that Propstream does not easily provide  @Sean OToole is the owner and he has built an incredible platform..

In California, a tenant is considered an “at will” tenant if ALL of the following conditions are met: (a) the individual occupies a property, or room within the property, with the owner, (b) there is no agreement for the occupancy to be for a specified period of time; AND (c) the individual occupying the property is not paying, and never has paid, any rent.