I'm looking for a team, an agent that with knowledge both on/off market deals/neighborhoods insight.....good GC, efficient and can accommodate multiple jobs and property manager with that is experience in section 8 housing.Appreciate hearing from you.Matthew,I’d also suggest adding Chicago to the list.

I would suggest you house hack a duplex.

Update: Thanks for all of your comments and suggestions, much appreciated.

I'm curious if you have any suggestions on lending options that I may not have found or approaches that I should consider.

I suggest looking into local investing groups on Facebook to connect with more people in your specific area

It’s great to hear you’ve found a co-host you like, but I’d also suggest adding an investor-friendly real estate agent to your team.

I only sold a few amount of properties but the values of the homes have increased.The government is making less affordable homes(Impacts supply)A lot of the points you suggested such as selling costs and having to rehab the property before sale apply to both cheap homes and expensive homes

I would suggest finding a lender that treats your transaction with the same care and attention with which they would treat their own.

I would suggest you think like an investor.

However given that they had earlier stated " ...in terms of fumigation, we plan on painting so this needs to be completed before then " it suggests they are no longer organising the fumigation.