I've been working as a construction manager for years, as well as my partner, so we are not completely unfamiliar with construction, subcontractors, etc.

I immediately recognized that the listing agent/property manager had the current rent well below market & the asking price massively wrong.

Part of the equation is how much equity can be drawn from your property as well, this would also be a question for your lender.4.

As well as the adjoining lot next to the property.

One year after I used that property to pull a HELOC and this year used that money to purchase an off market 4 family property in Clinton for well under market value, which I just recently finished all of the repairs and upgrades on.

Well said!

Yes, House Hacking seems like the most ideal option when considering my first investment (open to other forms of ownership, such as live-in flips as well).

There are people on here (BP) that say "you don't need to pay for education".Well, not only are they wrong!

There are many here on BP as well as many on Linkedin that you could reach out to and they all have forms to fill out for deal specific information.I think trying to walk into offices will not be best use of time.

Machias Savings Bank as well.