This approach can help balance risk while keeping your tenant pool wider. 

Just a difference in opinion / approach.

Can try to reposition to Class B, but neighborhood may impede these efforts.Vacancy Est: Historically 10%, but 15-20% should be used to also cover tenant nonpayment, eviction costs & damages.Tenant Pool: majority will have FICO scores of 560-620 (approaching 22% probability of default), many blemishes, but should have no evictions in last 2 years.

A better approach might be to find a REI Association in the area(s) and ask other investors for their recommendations - it's not uncommon to choose a different appraiser depending on the type of property (residential vs commercial MFH vs. office or industrial) and the objective of the appraisal.

We do 20 Flips/BRRRRs per year in Jacksonville FL and we use a hybrid approach.

If you plan to house hack, I recommend you not to expect any cash flow.Living with friends can work, but it's important to approach it carefully.

This "house hacking" approach lets you live in one unit while renting the others, helping cover your mortgage and build equity more affordably.

I expect that I'll be reserving time in various resorts and farming those weeks out to perspective vacationers, does anyone know if VRBO, or AirBnB, or some other site would be most appropriate for this approach?

If you have the time and want to take a more hands-on approach, I’d recommend looking into the BRRRR strategy or flipping properties.

I wanted to approach a brrrr method simply because of my profession.