If you're making $110,000 and living with your parents, you should be able to easily save enough money for a house hack even in a HCOL area.

What would your strategy be, using only the finances provided above. 

This depends on a ton of factors, mostly risk.Without a doubt it provides risk mitigation if your property is in a LLC.

If you are able to make considerable improvements in those first few years while living there, being an owner occupant during that time also allows you to take out a HELOC on the property much more easily than on something that's already a rental, giving you valuable access to capital for subsequent projects.

They can provide you with real-time data, not an algorithm (those are good to paint a picture, but they don't know the nuances and amenities of each individual home).

If sales price is 400k and I want 75k cash but tenets only can provide 15k, what are my options?

Here's some advice and insights on utilizing private money and home flipping to get started:Private Money: Lenders of funds to real estate investors that provide better returns on investment than standard financing choices are known as private money lenders.

Appreciation rate is actually better than most people think (~6% per year) and you can easily cashflow if you buy in a good area.

Investors can purchase a portion of several properties in the form of shares.Real estate investment funds provide you the chance to invest in real properties with a variety of rules and regulations that are specific to each region.

I would appreciate any tips/advice/books that you can provide me to help jumpstart my real estate journey!