Maybe incorporate another strategy.

I think the BRRR strategy is a good way to get started. 

Also an investor myself, id love to talk to you more about the DFW market and what strategies have worked for me over the years!

This affects which strategy you could pursue.

These areas may offer more affordable multifamily properties that fit your house hacking goals.Rochester and other distant markets could work for a BRRRR strategy, but it’s a big commitment given the distance.

If so, just look up their data or ask for it.

I liked real estate so I got licensed, worked on a bunch of different RE strategies, started developing and managed to get myself stretched thin very quickly again, I basically made the pendulum swing way too far and had to consolidate again to find my path.

I found one who's strategies made sense, 10 years later my wife and I have been financial free for about 5 years now by leveraging the concept of house hacking. 

The demographics and map data don't take the students into account, but they're really what's driving the market.Low property values and ever-increasing student rents are a recipe for a market when you can pick up a duplex in decent condition for $150k, and rent it for $500/bed (that's an EGI of $36,000 annually for a 3/3 duplex).

They use PRICE LABS to create these score cards that test your price, data is pulled from Price Labs, well guess what you can access that right from Price Labs you do not need to pay them for that.