I've been in manufactured housing for near 30 years now. 

I am also self-employed and have a good amount of time to work on this.Now I need a house.

Assuming you have access to MLS (Multiple Listing Service, a place for agents to list deals).1) Look for deals that look like investor-type of deals (e.g. low purchase price, ugly houses, or sometimes MLS will even say what type of financing it is)2) If the buyer's info is there, voila.  3) Otherwise, contact the realtor to look for leads (that will be more of a uphill battle, but you never know...)

My next goal is to implement the BRRRR (Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance, Repeat) method, specifically in Birmingham, AL, and focus on Section 8 properties.With relatively good rehabs, I’m not looking to be a "slumlord"—I want to provide quality housing for tenants while also ensuring my investment is successful.I’ve heard mixed reviews about Section 8 tenants, but I’m eager to learn more.

This basis would be divided between the two houses. 

That allows the timing of the renting much easier as you can move into the new house, then rent the other, then refi the bridge loan into a perm loan. 

Unless this is strictly a student housing for IU play you would want to be extremely hands on to make this work in my opinion.

Hey Anthony, Welcome back to the BP community.Congrats on your first house hack .Wishing you continued success and looking forward to connecting.

When I did my first house hack, I used a 5% down conventional because I was in a similar situation to you.  

I would like to get into the flipping game, buying a house in the market wherever she can get a contract in, and my full time job is to flip the house.