This property I was browsing looks like its only being sold as half of a duplex? 

There's a San Diego specific forum here: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/617-san-diego-real-estate-forumYou could browse it to find local discussions and posts on where the local meetups are, like these for example: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/617/topics/751331-any-rei-clubs-in-the-north-san-diego-areahttps://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/617/topics/742746-looking-for-san-diego-meet-upsThough most meetups are probably on hold right now I'd imagine.  

Been browsing Flordia a lot and talking to a friend born and raised there for some advice With that said, I will note during browsing listings that some properties mentioned the 'Taxes paid' included the homestead exemption, which is for those permanent FL residents only, which should probably be accounted for in your analysis. 

If you browse the forums on BP, you'll basically learn what you probably already know, which is that the south and midwest have lower barriers to entry than the northeast, the west, and the expensive big city markets. 

I have been browsing the forum for a while.

I've never used Fiverr, but I've browsed it. 

It seems like a large majority of SFHs that I would consider house hacking, if not all, are usually negative cash flow while occupying one of the rooms (that is only from browsing through platforms like Zillow & Redfin, may be able to find some better deals through an established RE agents when I get to that point in capital).

I want to maintain some separation and anonymity from anyone who browses our homes online or comes to a showing due to my full time job (higher liability, lots of contact with the public).

Im just starting out and am looking to buy for a flip with a backup plan being to brrrr.Im looking to buy a moderate distance from my home ( within a 2 hour drive) so have nailed down some target markets and already contacted a realtor, but beyond just waiting for them to send me potential deals in my criteria to analyze, and spending hours browsing zillow/realtor/redfin etc.

I've looked at a few bank foreclosure sites and browsed through the internet on properties.