You want an accountant that can help you strategize and who is responsive when you want to know the tax consequences of the decisions you are making throughout the year.House hacking will complicate your tax return. 

Don't over-complicate the setup process, just get that first rental and make sure it's a good one - that's the most important step!

Don't make it complicated.

It gets a bit more complicated if you live in the property.

I know people who invest out of state and its good and all, but they need dozens of properties or get involved in complicated real estate deals in order to make just a little bit of money.

I also know that in the coming weeks I’m going to learn more about how that may be complicated as an agent.What do you guys do?

While there are many techniques out there to invest with very little cash, they are generally more "advanced/complicated" and carry more risk.P.S. 

You wouldn't NEED a complicated CRM system to keep track of your mailers sent and follow up with these uninterested leads if you completely avoided DMM that is not efficient in the first place.I read these posts and I literally shake my head and think.. when will they ever learn...I did it all myself, so you can too.

This doesn't include abandonment, which apparently gets more complicated.

It is obviously more complicated than that but that is the gist of it.To specifically answer your question, depending on the lender and the deal, I have paid anywhere from 8% to 10% and 2 pts to my investors.