First, lets set some inaccurate information straight. 

Taking small, manageable steps now will help you make informed decisions when you're ready to invest.Good luck!

Here is an article with more information on what a house hack is -www.rocketmortgage.com/learn/house-hacking.

Average rental rates, vacancies, competition, growth, appreciation, etc..Ive heard of scrolling through Zillow and collecting information by looking at properties for sale/rent but was wondering if there is a site where all of this information is easily accessible or any ideas for better ways to go about it.Thanks in advance!

We did that for about 3 years until Jeff informed me he'd fallen behind on property taxes, and all of his lenders called the loans due.

Thank you for the great information. 

However my architect informed me that in order to do multi unit for RS-3 such as a Duplex 60% of the properties on the block would need to be multi unit instead of single family homes, and I ran the numbers out to be 53% of properties are multi unit not meeting the 60% threshold.

I check the SEC, FINRA, ratings websites for inside information on the principals in the company.

I appreciate this information.

It is hard to respond to this without fully understanding the issue and missing pertinent information such as what market etc.