I'm closing on what will be my primary residence but I'm out of the county and wont be back for months. 

You have to be an expert at lead, gen, consitent follow up, negotiating with an elderly person sitting on ther couch offering 50% of what it would sell for fixed up hopefully less, estimating repair costs, THEN almost as hard finding a cash buyer who wont rip you off and will actually close (too many poser buyrs and too many unreliable hard money lenders).BTW you might learn on youtube about creative financing, zero down;   "lease optoins", "wholesaleing lease optoins".   

A good project manager or a General contractor wont be cheap .

Because I plan to househack, I continue to weigh the balance between current safety and future payoffs as Kensington especially is still suffering from the opioid epidemic.  

Like I mentioned, 1300-1400 sq ft, 2 story, 2 bed / 2.5 bath / 1 car garage, backyard will be nice (deck, pergola, seating area, stone hardscape, bamboo, hipster lights, but no pool or anything like that) Backyards wont be that big, probably only 150-200 sq ft.I don't see any new construction in that part of 77009 under $300,000 but my partner's concern isn't about our price being right, it's about how many people will be actually able to buy come January and if foreclosures inflate supply in the market

I will be 23 when I finish in May 2021 and want to get started house hacking soon after graduation, as I have experience project managing residential construction, have followed BP and other podcast/ read books for the last 2.5 years, and have some money saved up (I wont buy right after graduation, thinking like 4-6 months in to stack a few more dollars). 

Still working on best solution, wont be able to move forward without starting my job again (im currently furloughed).

Without the W2 it looks like I wont be able to qualify a conventional refinance on the property. 

You likely wont be able to get financing without regular income.  

I guess you wont find any/as many great deals the bigger an asset gets in size.