Both those numbers sound high but it’s really impossible to know without knowing more about the age and style of the house etc.

Title companies, mortgage processors, lawyers and government offices all have limited staff during the holidays which makes getting anything done quickly all but impossible.

The verbiage I got from my local lender regarding  acquiring  multiple owner occupied conventional loans was something to the tune of "the first loan is no problem, the 2nd is harder, and the 3rd is nearly impossible to get residential rates as banks will catch on to what you are doing and force you into a commercial loan rate".I imagine there are others out there that have been able to house hack their way to acquiring a couple of properties using conventional loans without being forced into commercial rates.Thoughts?

That's how I started, but eventually it becomes difficult/impossible to scale in any reasonable time frame without leverage.

It's probably not impossible, but I wouldn't get your hopes up.

The relationships they have and the volume they produce is going to be impossible for an individual to match or even come close to beating.  

So, as a W2 earner, that's next to impossible. 

It is nearly impossible to find a home to buy here at the moment, but I have found several mobile homes on property that could provide good cash flow.  

It’s pretty tough to get good cash flow on SFR right now, but not impossible.

I'm based out of NYC and this is basically impossible in nyc area.