I'm based out of Central Ohio, but still would be glad to connect. 

The lowest barrier to entry I've seen for house hacking would be to find areas with grant loans, there are several here in central OH, they are general "majority minority" areas, but many local banks are incentivized to do loans in these areas, so you can often get into a 2-4 unit with no money down, and 15K towards closing costs and rate by down. 

It's smack dab in the middle of the city and getting to anywhere in the central Nashville area is a short trip.

I have found most areas in North and Central Florida do not collect last month's rent at move in, but you could always place a listing and try to do it and see what happens. 

We have three single family homes in central Florida per the advise we received.

Central IN for sure

In addition to properties across central and north Alabama, we also have options in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Hey Karl,You should check out the Central PA investors meetup in Harrisburg.

Interest rates were climbing and a not so funny comedy of errors with the load company cost me dearly in rates.

Check out REI Central, CHS Circle, and the Tri-County Investors Association.