If that doesn’t work for you, or if not yet accredited, I’d consider a vacation rental you can supercharge with AirBnB or VRBO.  

Here is a blog post on the BP website that explains it even further:https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/house-hackingcase-studyIts the easiest way to supercharge your investing early on.

Do you have any recommendations on how to supercharge the kind of familiarity that you are referring to, while avoiding doing anything outstandingly stupid?

Even a supercharger station takes an hour to charge.

HOW FAST DOES THAT SUPERCHARGE THINGS!!!!?!  

However, it was BiggerPockets that helped me realize that real estate could super charge my goals and reach financial independence much sooner while have more ownership in my portfolio.I've been in California all of my life, having been born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area and going to school in San Diego.

We're renting out a room in our primary residence to supercharge our savings for our first property.

Have the PMC is supercharging my ability to invest, because I am making new connections and also have a team in place to manage the investment if needed, 

Hi Trevor, I have a great FB community in VA.Looking up Wholesaling VA Supercharged. 

https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/beginners-guide-brrrr-financing-opmhttps://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/8-ways-supercharge-retirement-real-estate-investingPersonally, I keep my portfolio between 20-25 units and then reinvest into larger multi-family deals in partnership to ramp things up and stabilize my cashflow...