A lot of people who househack do so as a basis for a strong financial future and to build generational wealth and financial freedom. 

You'll find the most success in a place you are familiar with and where you can build a solid team.

I live in Lebanon, IL and this property is also in Saint Clair County in Belleville.I plan on managing this at first, but want to build a proper amount into my budget.What would you recommend for budgeting for in terms of good property management in this area?

I wonder if you could find someone or an institution that is bullish on bitcoin also that would loan you 3MM for the purchase of the building with 1MM of it being "traded" across for your bitcoin and the remaining 2MM being collateralized by the property.

Its not as easy but once you are up in running you are building a brand, equity in your business, and also constant flow of leads.

Your best route might be to buy a 2 to 4 unit property that you can live in and rent out the additional apartments.

Jacksonville has been building at record levels and is/was one of the highest cities in the country delivering new housing units as a percentage of existing housing units.

Also, I'm a civil engineering expert in Building Information Modeling.

You can also look into building a rental portfolio which is a little less hands off compared to flipping.

It is done without prejudice and is simply a parting of the ways (eg tenant wants to move to another place, landlord wants to sell the property).