All you can do is work with what you know now and what is a reasonable expectation for the future.

If I had to leave a takeaway from this post before getting too far in it would be that whatever goals are had you have, we have these goals for a reason and typically it does not go exactly as planned but even if it doesn't go as planned, we can pick up where we left off and give it a fresh start.

I'm eager to learn about how to find and fund properties that help my family financially and my community with affordable/reasonable dwellings for young families and newlyweds.

Securing funding has been challenging, particularly because my business documents reflect low revenue from only one duplex, and I am currently between jobs.I have identified a reasonably priced piece of land and have saved a small portion of the funds from my duplex sale to invest in this venture.

The reason other markets don’t cash flow is because the values have doubled, triple, or quadrupled in the last 10 years. 

If you present the listing well, put it on multiple platforms and are asking a reasonable rent you will get plenty of interest and applications quickly. 

House hacking is a farce for many reasons, also. 

For that reason (& other reasons like no one was meeting even online), I started Real Estate Rocks. 

Quote from @Patrick Druryck Drury: @Srikanth Kumar200-250k is a reasonable price range in Cleveland for something that cashflows. in terms of areasI would recommend being in areas on the West Side of Cleveland like West Blvd, Cudell, Old Brooklyn, Clark Fulton, Edgewater, Jefferson, and Brooklyn Centre.

The reason I ask is if you're starting a "non-real estate" business, I'd recommend NOT using that business to buy any properties but use a real estate specific LLC to acquire your properties.