If I have some cash do you recommend clearing the loan or invest instead for next property with proper planning ? 

However, the biggest con is that you are sacrificing a bit of your privacy by living right by your tenants and it is usually a lot more stressful since everything is your responsibility - managing tenant issues, handyman repairs, taking care of the lawn, etc.I would strongly recommend house hacking especially in the Columbus Ohio market!

I would recommend talking to many lenders/brokers to see which one has the most experience funding these loan types. 

I think you bring up a good point of considering offering higher returns to investors if I have to begin to search outside of my network.But my original question from the post still remains, where would you recommend I search for people interested in an opportunity like this? 

If you're looking for a more landlord-friendly market, I personally recommend Columbus OH.

I would recommend against being the GC unless you are confident of doing more than one effort.  

I highly recommend them to handle all the business structuring. 

Any advice or recommendations of where to locate groups seeking similar goals would be greatly appreciated!

Any advice or tools you’d recommend would be really helpful!

It's also nice that they have their own recommended insurer, those rates are much lower then what I would pay up in the northeast.