@Dennis BrantleySounds like a plan- hope you find them helpful and keep continuing  learning ! 

I'm preparing to move my family to Florida and will continue to analyze deals down there this after.

I'll keep all this in mind as I continue to learn.

You continue to save the $16000 a year but now you also add the $3600  a year in loan payment you no longer have to make.

Midwest prices can be as low as they can get but till high growth industries don't move there we will continue to see a migration away. 

So I continued paying my Realtor fees but I started focusing more on moving my corporate career to higher levels. 

I feel like my best option is to continue saving until I have around $200K to purchase a property in cash.

I think the best place for you to start is to continue to educate yourself through the different programs/blogs/articles on the BP site relating to house hacking, including the different financing methods (e.g.

I do not work right now and spend about 12 hours a day, 7 days per week, on learning about real estate investing with a current dream of being able to walk again someday, work,  and to contribute to my family again.I do not know why this happened but I will continue on. 

(I have about 3k liquid cash, and a 10k Roth IRA, no debts, monthly expense to income ratio of ~.31)I can either go the slow route, get a W2 job, get some decent W2 income, save as much as possible and continue learning for the next year before 'starting' or, I can seek private lenders to accelerate this plan.