I would also check out my lead agent's book about house hacking - https://store.biggerpockets.com/products/the-house-hacking-s...Would be happy to chat more about your goals and where we could help!

I have not familiarity with any of those markets, have just saw a tone of videos about Baltimore and seems like they numbers work out and I have seen prices incredibly low for a home to rehab and remodeled house higher than I would expect.

Find a good lender, get pre approved, make sure you practice running the #'s using the 100's of videos and guides from BP, find an investor friendly Realtor, and then start making offers on any property that meets your goal.

Typically this means they will take longer to close, may not have all the information for the companies they work with, and most hard money brokers get their money by taking an existing product and adding extra points to pay their fee.What is your investor success rate?

The internet companies that failed, failed because they didn't have a viable product or service, not because of the underlying technology of the internet.

This is not "first time investor territory" and joining a "community" to get video training is very dangerous for this type of investing.

He's already making (effectively) around $350/hr - if he's paid on production he could also just make another $175k a year with those hours. 

.- Working a W2 as a firefighter, posting and consuming content- Leaving my W2 to dive deep into real estate investing and working as an agent... and still watching/posting content all while business was ok - Deleting social media apps (one have one on my phone that I use 10 minutes or less a day), diving deep into building my business and skills which have drastically increased due to pure focus and increasing my business significantly- moral of the story... focus on the things you need to do in business (dollar productive activities) and life experiences while reducing consumption will increase your success  

You know many of these door handles will unlock with a "Paperclip" (see video).Unless you put some type of front door lock on the bedroom.

All programs have LLPAs but that's more so any bank's individual guidelines and overlays to specific product pricing.