I'm in the union on long island so I have a decent W2 job to help get started, I think a house hack would be my best bet starting out but, what do you guys think?

@Dan Stelmach, glad it was helpful. 

Hey Chandra, applying part of the rent toward the purchase price motivates buyers by helping them build equity.

BP has various tools to help you analyze your deals (rentals, flips, wholesale, etc). : https://www.biggerpockets.com/investment-calculators7.

Hope this helps!

Electric, gas - Where I am at you can link multiple properties to one account this helps if you aren't doing that.

Then 4) I would get laser focused on 1 or 2 good markets with a realtor that is also experienced with flipping and can help you find good deals. 

You may want to check out soe of the legal self help books by NOLO Press.

That doesn't really help much.  

These three cities from the rental income of $3,000-$4,000 list were on my list of markets to check out and helped validate my research even more:#20 Richmond, Virginia: Airbnb rental income $3,247#32 Round Rock, Texas: Airbnb rental income $3,418#53 Henderson, Nevada: Airbnb rental income $3,909It is broken up by rental income segments ($2,000-$3,000; $3,000-$4,000, etc.), so some numbers overlap, but there are some excellent data points to consider.