Granted, I am a part-time flipper, but most houses I see the pricing does not make sense for what I have to pay for labor.  

When you say as long as its not directly in flight path, meaning - when plane flies over the house?

Without factoring in tax benefits and principal pay down, you're $1800 ahead of the game by house hacking.

Can you suggest an insurance company and contacts for our rental houses?

If you are looking to house hack in our local neck of the woods, I recommend reaching out to @Josh Green.

My name is Wes and I live about an hour north of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.Looking to get into real-estate investing with long term rentals, BRRR, and House hacking.Currently looking to also find other other local people to chat to about real-estate and how to get started in our currently price inflated Ontario market.Let me know if you're in my area!!

If you're going to run a successful business renovating houses, ultimately you being proficient at/and or managing said proficiency in estimating will be a crucial part of your underwriting.Google "how to estimate house remodeling" your hard work will be rewarded.

A couple tips--Always best to house hack small multis when you are moving around from base to base. 

Quote from @Cari Sweet:  This sounds like a case for Fair Housing- Familial Status discrimination. 

Have you made a research on house prices, rehab costs, time on the market to sell and etc?