I'm going to be taking some time to get to know people in my market as I kind of want to start local in Las Vegas.

One strategy is to pursue properties (in your preferred markets) that have been listed for sale for over 90 days (even longer is better).

Your realtor will be able to give you a much more detailed market specific answer but with house hacking and a VA loan it should be possible to get 0 out of pocket.

Unless you are finding off-market opportunities direct to seller, I can't imagine the deals working on BRRRR.

Unfortunately there competitiveness in the market and cut throat antics give the other offices (company) a bad name. 

Fairmont is a good little market!

Here are the markets I’m exploring:St.

But, the self-sufficiency test for FHA loans can be really difficult in SF, meaning that the market rent from units you will not occupy must be sufficient to pay for the mortgage payment. 

market rents/cost to aquire What was the outcome?

If that is the case, just let them take it to market to sell.You could offer to manage the property and have them to rent it out now where you pay them a flat rate every month and anything you make over that amount is yours to keep.