If you really don't want to live in the house hack, I think that it's more likely that you could take ownership of a small multi-family property by securing owner financing and avoiding the FHA loan process completely.

Interested in all aspects of real estate investing (single family, multi family, long term holds, flips etc.)

Does wholesaling a turnkey multi family require anything unusual?

Also you could find a stable smaller town where there is a stocks of small multis.

I'm looking to absorb as much information as I can on real estate, specifically multi-family home rentals. 

Honestly if your not willing to spend a few hundred bucks on accounting software maybe you are not cut out to be in business.That said, with 3 units you can absolutely get by with an excel spreadsheet.

I want to buy a multi as primary and run STR.

We’re currently looking for a multi family home to call home, since we’ve been living with my mom through all the craziness of the last few months.

She can help with your multi-family search as well as your SFH needs.

We own an out of state 45,000 SF multi-tenant light industrial building in Texas (we're in California).