We own a primary residence and plan to stay here (house hacking is not for us), and have been saving scrupulously for the down payment of our first investment property, ideally a 2-4 unit multifamily. 

@Matthew Spiers, do you plan on keeping the property as a rental property or will you be selling it?

If you're set on investing out of state, I'd recommend reading this article by David Greene for starters: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/core-four-real-estate-tea...If possible, it's a good idea to visit the market you plan to invest in to familiarize yourself with the area and it's also a good way to network.

My game plan is to do a house hack as I have very little capital.

Yes you need a RE niche firm but tax prep without proactive year round tax planning is not very valuable.

I am planning to do a house hack on a property.

I definitely planned on being upfront and maybe even offering discounts.  

- $500,000 Purchase Price- $0 Down Payment- 4% Interest- 30 Year Am- 10 Year Balloon- Monthly payment: $2,387Business Plan: Convert to 44-pad tiny home (tenant-owned) community that will cash flow ~$20,000/mo and be worth ~$3.5 million!

Just closed on my first property in Denver and am planning on Managing this myself. 

And now I’m planning on going to look at a new building today or tomorrow.