Your agent and lender can guide you in the process and if they are intimately familiar with the market then they will know how best to help you accomplish your goals. 

We got a bit intimated with the high prices of the house hacking market here in Denver, but maybe we aren’t being as creative as we should.

I am not familiar with the Dayton area as much as I am Columbus but I do know an investor from Az who invests in small multi family in Dayton, and a flipper who is very intimately familiar with Dayton.

I need local opinions to validate my assumptions on ARV and rent estimate (high-end rehab) on a duplex in Franklinton (3/1 on each side) from folks intimate with the Columbus market.

These two elements will increase the equity and, in time, allow for refinancing the first property.And the current home that you are living in?

If you buy a lot of these, you´ll notice that you get "unpleasantly surprised" far more often than "pleasantly surprised". 

I have heard good things about Podio and Pipedrive (I used pipedrive at one point in time).

In fact, at this difficult moment in time, life offers us both opportunity and challenge.

I've learned to expect these scenarios to be difficult and be pleasantly surprised if they aren't.

These lawyers are intimately familiar with the myriad of local landlord and tenant laws.