This can help cover your mortgage and potentially generate additional income.Partnering: Look for potential partners who may be interested in real estate investment.

Just a suggestion, it could be that for something which feels a bit more temporary/shorter time warrants a bit more flexibility from a screening standpoint. 

@Stuart Udis covered this well.

I have a client interested in purchasing a property, using hard money to also cover rehab cost, and then has a theory to appraise it and sell it to themselves in another LLC so they could pull a lump some without losing real possession of the property.

Purchased replacement property for $1M using the full $480K cash to cover down payment and closing costs.

I am seeking insights and recommendations from the community regarding potential locations in and around Orlando where full duplexes might be more readily available within my budget.My plan is to house hack, and based on my initial calculations, I anticipate an extra expense of $1.5K beyond rental income to cover the mortgage.

Research this carefully, set your goals beforehand.For instance, I needed to cover a debt service from my relinquished property, I wanted a DST with an experienced sponsor with a good reputation, and I wanted a 6% return.The return I was demanding eliminated much of what was out there.It was VERY easy to eliminate the many DST brokers out there.  

They are expensive (30% fee) but they cover 100% of all management responsibilities.

Thats all after you find the tenant, screen them, get a deposit, and submit the packet. 

Pre screen all tenants!!!