He occasionally has telephone discussions from California with the management company in Nevada regarding the property.

I have several clients that 'self-manage' or have a full time private manager that has enabled them to offer their manager/cleaner (occasionally the same person or couple) double the hourly cleaning rate (compared to national PM companies) while reducing the booking/cleaning fees for tenants. 

What I see occasionally is newby wholesaler does this and then disappears. 

Occasionally an issue comes up that I don’t know the best way to proceed with and then I post in the forums.

Some things may be different, such as the occasional leasehold condo and coastal issues, but the rest is just the fundamentals -- marketing, financing, rehabbing, etc.

I still occasionally look at other opportunities but haven't seen anything that I would be nearly as comfortable with.

Not a lot of people out there that have a lot of experience with it.Other than a small Duplex here and there in say Trinidad, maybe Brookland occasionally, youll mostly be limited to East of the River (EOTR) at your price point.

If I were to open up a separate real estate bank account, I would then have to add funds consistently from my W-9 job - which in my opinion begins to blur these two accounts together anyways.Should I still open up a separate account for this first house hack, or wait until I buy the 2nd property, which would provide consistent cash flow that will go directly into that account?

Able to concentrate on building anssets and equity with occasional cash outs when she changed jobs. 

Section 8 is great but just be prepared to deal with the occasional routy tenant and extra wear n tear on your properties.