using this form of financing is a great way to acquire/fix a property but if you are looking to hold long term you would want to find long term financing. 

Debt is not only the easiest to originate but also recognized as the  cheapest form of capital.

The house hacks have worked out for me over the years to help lower my cost of living, while building new skills and equity.

I still am on the lists of all the major wholesalers and still show up to showings occasionally on properties that might have enough margin for me but have not purchased recently from a wholesaler.Just like Adrien says, they provide a service of marketing and negotiating contracts for you.

So you have bad financial terms working against you along with finding properties, making deals, getting financing etc Secondly - for me it's time consuming.

I’d even consider finishing the basement, just well enough for me to live down there, so I could rent out ALL the units.I’d save all my cash and look to refi the property in 1-2 years out of the FHA mortgage, so I could use it again if necessary.

More than anything I would like to see some form of upside so I don't particularly have to underwrite for appreciation, it's almost a bonus.  

There are many here on BP as well as many on Linkedin that you could reach out to and they all have forms to fill out for deal specific information.I think trying to walk into offices will not be best use of time.

If you do have equity in your home, you could pull money using a Home Equity Line of Credit (HELOC) which would be an acceptable liquidity form. 

I have built calculators to tackle more of the heavy lifting for me at this point.