One thought was to go back to the concrete floor and polish/stain it.

Joe Polish has a great group, too. 

I spent $700 extra on the make ready to upgrade from buff/polish to a complete sand but it now has the most beautiful re-finished hardwood floors.  

2025 Vivid VisionHere is my final polished version of my Vivid Vision. 

I’m sure all Peoperties are trash and un investable until someone with good ideas and willingness to polish them up come in and give them care and return them to value. 

In addition I also had to hire cleaners for like major cleaning , since the place that was handed to my tenants was super clean, and had bbq polished clean , yet I received it unclean, unwashed, technically I should be legally able to charge them for that, since the condition i received is not the same.

I used a semi-polished white hex floor (8 x 8 or 11 x 13) in the master, and a green matte hex floor in the kids bathroom for a pop of color.

If you're feeling positive about it, then you can try to polish up your resume and goes to interviews to test the market.

Most of our duplxes were specifically built by German and Polish immigrants specifically as owner occupied income properties, so the concept of house hacking is at least 120 years old!

However, you can explain that you already have experience/know what to look for if things are going wrong, and have a vetted Pm that you already use and is capable of taking on the additional units.It sounds like you have already put some thought into what you are looking for and just need to polish that off so you can develop an elevator pitch and longer presentation to get some interest in a deal.