While daunting, your experiences engineering firm and attorney will be able to guide you through the project.  

The property has an amazing creek canyon (attached photo) is 5 miles from all the major attractions to Yosemite, and 7 miles from a lake.

I’d love to hear from anyone who has experience in this area. 

You don't need to know everything to get started; you need a foundation to build on, and the rest will come through experience and then refining your education.You can build a basic understanding of investing in 3-6 months.

I plan on driving alot to find distressed or run down multifamily properties that possibly are owned by an out of state investor and reaching out however would like everyone's opinion or personal experience on some other creative ways.

@Stephanie Freed Its been a while- can you give me a update on your experience with Anderson?

I respect the experience here and am eager to contribute as I grow.

Attend your local REI meet-ups and try to find someone who is currently house-hacking or has house-hacked in the past to learn from their experience.

PMC staff are good at maintenance and maybe repairs, but they are NOT licensed contractors with years of real-world experience.

But by the way they perform Matt must over burden them with tasks outside their experience level.