Over the years I'd continue to like to buy more house hacks, get my RE license and (depending on the market) acquire a few duplexes/multi-families all on a slow but consistent basis. 

Get  99$ toilet from the Deep. 

As a side note, House hacking in Socal is a slow game.

Plus you can call them when they area bottle deep and ask for some personal referrals!

We all want to scale quickly but he is proof sometimes slow and steady can win the race.  

If your construction team is great at project management ~ and then you pull them out of that seat to do expense data entry ~ you may be slowing them down and hurting your own profits.

The thing I have learned through flipping many properties is that slow is smooth and smooth is fast.Make sure you vet your contractors as thoroughly as you would vet a tenant - I have learned vetting is one of the most important things I can do as an investor.

Is it usually this slow here in terms of replies?

I also need to walk the areas to see how deep hood they really are All the best 

I think that platforms, groups, etc. are only a small factor to vacacnies and slow periods.