I’m also interested in connecting with local investors, real estate agents, and lenders who are open to collaborating on new opportunities.

Obviously, you should work with a good agent, lender, and home inspector to assist with each phase to ensure you are getting the best deal.

I am sure you want the financial freedom and flexibility real estate provides.

I personally benefited from this when I first started and now provide my signature to partnerships I am not as actively involved with.

Have your notified your insurance agent/company that you are no longer living in the property and that it's under renovation?

This way the wider outside lip contacts the entirety of the drywall while the wings are being deployed and tightened in place.Is there a way to pull the already wired, "old work" electrical boxes through the drywall cutouts from the inside out while not making the holes so big that the wider, outside lips of the electrical boxes can't properly provide contact to the drywall so it can be tightened via the screwed wings?

Not here to provide an  endorsement or be critical of the lenders on this list but volume is not by any means an indicator I would rely upon when selecting my banking relationships.

Particularly looking for an investor friendly agent able to take on house hacking clients in NYC and LI

I may have to Teak my strategy in light of the excellent advice you provide here, Henry.  

My intention is not to buy the sellers problem but to provide a solution.