think you are certainly on the exact right track - house hacking is ideally the best way to start and pretty much ideally for your situation/age range (just graduating college)

It sounds like you’re on a great track with your strategy to scale up and maximize the value of your properties.

Am I on the right track or do I need to go back to the drawing board?

You only need a place to track tenant information, payment history, maintenance, etc.

Expense tracking is high on the priority list with the ability to capture receipts at the time of purchase with a receipt scanner.

I currently work as a consultant, on a project that deals with a lot of risk assessment, identifying pain points for my client in areas of improvement, along with these types tasks, there is a lot of tracking and monitoring of multiple different requests that are going on at one time, as well as having to manage my team and personal to ensure we are meeting all necessary suspenses.

I am the 2023-2024 president elect for NV NARPM & am on track to become the 2024-2025 NV NARPM President.

Then you need to materially participate in the activity, here are the tests to meet MP: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/m/material-participation-...I recommend tracking your hourly diligently in a material participation time log.

Tracked down the home owners through the tax info.

Keep things tidy, keep track of your work, and ask for tips from guides and other people in the field.