And I look up 3 bed 2 bath houses for rent in that same zipcode to see houses similar to the one I chose to get a gauge for how much I can rent it out for. 

@Bacongo Sandou CisseI think there are lots of places you can successfully house hack. 

Does the soffit and fascia repair need doing ALL around the house or is the front ok.

They are the classic bad syndication company that makes risky investments with bad financing structures.

two of the best wealth builders  House hacking and then selling a primary with the 250 or 500k owner occ totally tax free .. :)  

It was a great first project, I had some old friends reach out that were losing their house and I helped them get out from under the PML, bought the house and helped them repair their credit, got a contractor I knew that lived around the corner help me do a full gut rehab and put in about 1,500 hrs of my own labor into it.

@Michael CliffordRecommend exploring as many sources as possible to get referrals AND cross-reference them to get as much accurate information as possible.Check out NARPM.com, BP’s Property Manager Finder (BiggerPockets: The Real Estate Investing Social Network), etc.Also, encourage you to learn from the mistakes of others - by reading posts here on BiggerPockets about owners not having their expectations met by their current Property Management Company.

Sounds like you may have a shot at living for free when you move into your next house hack. 

I personally paid a little bit to get the 3 year PPP on my deal because I have relatively high expectation for appreciation for my market, but if I invest for cash flow, I probably would stick to 5 year PPP.

Once you have more money saved do a house hack.