I think its really important to take that first step and find a good Agent that will answer questions that you think are silly along the way.

Anyone can do the first two steps, but the waiting, well, that's the hardest part. 

We've compiled and vetted a list of duplexes (about 75) that meet all our criteria and which we'd consider being occupant-owners of.Planned next step is to send them letters stating who we are, what we're trying to do, and letting them know we'd be interested if they'd like to sell.Any experience or suggestions for how to format (handwrite vs typed, etc) and what points to highlight?

We would be using the brrrr method.

Hi I’m Alex and have decided to become a financial freedom finder as all of you are indeed doing. I am now in the hunt for a hard money lender. My plan is to flip two homes. Be successful on those create some capital ...

With this method, both buyer and seller place a deposit of cryptocurrency (in this case BAY) into a joint account.

The method I use is 1% of gross collected income.  

In house hacking, I believe the idea is to buy a property (single family or up to 4 units) using a conventional fixed rate loan with a low down payment and then to live in it for the required time and move on to buy another property the using the same method.

I used some creative financing methods so it only cost $6k out of pocket.

There is most certainly a methodical and intelligent way of installing sub-meters and ensuring an additional profit.