From my experience, cities like Greenville, Columbia, Augusta, Huntsville, Chattanooga, and Jacksonville offer strong house-hacking opportunities with growing job markets, solid rental demand, and affordable multi-family options.

You have to know the market before you build a plan and I don't think this market supports your intended plan.

Until the lease ends and then the legal notice time in your market has passed.

For multifamily, target markets with strong rental demand, value-add opportunities, and creative financing options like seller financing or private capital.

What markets are you looking at?

Market Demand: Buyers love move-in-ready homes, and flips are often the most attractive properties on the market.

Cheapest marketing model I’ve put together.

- Will they search for off-market properties for you?

While @Phillip Austin mentioned Raleigh is a higher returns its just very much a appreciation market, you will not find rentals that cashflow, so depending on your goals its a good or bad market.

For calculating ARV, platforms like Zestimate, PropStream, and Reonomy use machine learning to analyze market data and comparables.