You have the resources to know what you’re doing and for renovations your dad I’m sure could put a great scope of work together. 

Gets you in the door and you can learn.

I will join some local real estate groups (act poor) and see what I learn. 

Have you considered collaborating with them where you could pool your resources and directly benefit from their experience?

I'm wondering what tools and resources you all use as rental owners and investors to get or keep your financial ducks in a row?

I am new to the game and using the FHA loan has just seemed to be the most common way to house hack (at least in terms of what the resources I have read have said). 

One caveat to this strategy is that you can’t live in a property that your IRA owns, nor can you rent it out to anyone else who may be considered a disqualified person like your spouse or child.Feel free to connect with me and send me a direct message if you want to learn more!

They claim to charge in the "high 4 figures" - one web source says it's $4800 - to join their group and get access to their network and resources.  

Can I DM you to pick your brain on what you've learned over the years?

There's no step by step guide but there are key things : Learn: RE strategies, what interests you, what do people in your area need.Connect: find a mentor, accountability group and be around those doing what you want to do.Help: solve problems- do people need dealflow, property mgmt, construction expertise, etc.