The good news is, with your experience and equity built, you're in a fantastic position to jump in.The key thing to remember with these larger deals is that they're rarely done solo.

I would love your experiences because my alternative is to spend a ton of money on airdna data! 

I have 40 years of experience in the home design and construction industry, a ton of skills, and talent.

I was wondering if there's anyone here from the the area that has experience with house hacking to pick their brain a bit.

I would love to hear how your real estate experiences has been!

Maybe, but I have a lot of trust in the team given the experience from my first property.

Its certainly hard to cash flow significantly in the current environment (high rates, high values etc) - I tend to think though that just "doing" a first deal even if it doesn't make too much is valuable versus getting stuck in analysis paralysis - the learning from the experience of actual doing it generally is 10X + even a ton of courses, info, spreadsheets etc

You don't need to know everything to get started; you need a foundation to build on and the rest will come through experience and then refining your education.You can build a basic understanding of investing in 3-6 months.

I have almost 400 units and we average about 40% turnover per year.Based on personal experience and networking with thousands of investors and property managers for the last 15 years, tenants tend to stay longer when they are (a) way below market rates, or (b) poorly supervised.

The tougher part will be finding clients that want to work with a part-timer that has no experience and little time.If I were you, I would focus on dentistry where you can make really good money, then use that money to invest in real estate on the side.