Two years ago I quit my Job in which I worked for 11 years, I invested most of my savings in Single Family Houses, buy, fix and rent and so far is going good.

I know about house-hacking, I guess it’s just a matter of weighing whether we should just get an apartment & save for a duplex, or go ahead & purchase a home & begin building equity in that, & then start buying investment properties after we’ve established our own home.Is there a logical path that you see?

Make a "ridicloulus" offer and see what comes back.How hard can it be to be your own PM and save the 10% for yourself until you buy a few more and outsource the job?

Talk to a lender to find out what your options are and in the meantime save up as much money as possible.

Don't assume you will have $100k appreciation every 2 years.Second, use leverage to maximize returns. 

We’ve got tons of compliments during showings and ended up saving about $11k.

In our case we did just that and we also have tenants paying their own garbage which saves us some money.

The seller what’s to sell to save his credit, but doesn’t want to involve the wife ( I don’t blame him) but according to the county she is the sole owner of the house.

Been aggressively saving up my income and been reading up on as much as I can.

You say it's thru 1099s - which could mean working on contract jobs (1099-MISC), drawing money from retirement savings (1099-R) or other things.