I have many years of construction experience and have also done a fix and flip, in addition to ground up construction, as well as 10 years of entrepreneurial experience running a paddle board rental company, and advancing science through developing theoretical methods for efficient large scale simulations...I guess my problem is I can't seem to figure out how to find the money to do more projects, which is why I've been trying to sell my house.

If your bet is appreciation, bet your underlying fixed costs go up.

My house hacking plan is to get a distressed MFH using a FHA 203k loan with about 3.5-5% down, and fix up the property to increase my equity.

Fix/flip and wholesaling but mainly fix and flip in SF Bay Area.

What if a property was bought with the intention of being a fix & flip but changed course during rehabbing to STR?

Cheap fixes rarely work . 

I might use it to buy a property that I fix up and refinance out of to pay off the HELOC.

My advice is focus on getting your first property: buy the worst house on the best block you can afford and fix it up to the quality of the surrounding houses to force appreciation and build equity quickly while your housemates pay most of your mortgage.

To be honest we have fixed some things on the spot without a written request when we had time but other times just said, send a request.   

Had a few showing the other day and I fond what I thought was a great match but I have some concerns.