This will help us achieve our goals faster in the we can build both long term security and wealth and do more short term transactional work to help me transition from my day job down the road and become a developer.

But, most importantly, I want my children to be proud of what their Dad does for a living and see me as a success so that they know that their dreams are achievable as well.

I am looking for people to either share there knowledge with me or point me in a direction were i can achieve this knowledge.

Howdy @Lucas HallenbeckWhat you are going to find is it is difficult to achieve positive Cash Flow while using the House Hack strategy.  

How do you best utilize all the resources (networking, podcasts, resources) that BP has to offer on this site to increase your net work while decreasing the time it takes you to achieve your goals?

@Matthew Charron I do hope someone takes you up on your offer.In case no one does though, I'd recommend you attend a local real estate investor group like Black Diamond REI in southern Mass. or RI Real Estate Investors Group in RI.You'd want to engage several people in conversation, particularly during the times at the beginning and end of the meetings when folks typically network, and maybe ask a few folks out to coffee.Many people look for "mentors", and that might work for you, but another approach to consider would be just to try making friends with people who are one or two steps ahead.So maybe they're not successful full-time investors (the Holy Grail of Mentor-seeking), but instead own one or two rental properties, or have done one or two successful flips, or really anything in one of the directions you want to go.I find that can be easier to achieve, and you can get a lot out of it because such folks are very familiar with the challenges you face - after all, it wasn't long ago they were at that same point themselves.

I am sure you will do amazing and achieve all of your goals.

Then add in the fact that you can get room mates to further reduce your expense it can more or less achieve very similar results as buying a house to house hack.

Partnerships are much easier and you can achieve pretty much the same results: you raise funds for specific projects and create a legal entity for that project, electing yourself as a member of the partnership so you can benefit from any gains without complicated filings.

Really setting tangible goals, and starting with more simplistic flips can help me achieve the experience and courage I need to really dive  in.