When your friends are out blowing their money on food and shopping save every penny so that you can buy a property to house hack as soon as you turn 18.

Have you shopped lenders? 

Alot of people are ok with making about 30k in that price range so its tight.I suggest running numbers with someone experienced and keep shopping lenders and contractors. 

Home Warranty (far from perfect, many people don't like them for a lot of reasons mainly because they are a pain to deal with, but as a safety net for someone looking to get going despite not having super deep pockets yet, they are worth looking into IMO, just pick a company with a good track record, and often you can have your agent pay for it as a closing gift). 

We should connect and talk shop!

Or there are bank statement programs with ONLY ONE bank account for the past 23 months again you need reserves.There are three remaining wholesale shops.

Even if you aren't the one doing the work it's still going to be harder to shop around for contractors, manage the jobs, etc. 

I believe the Short Term Shop works in that area. :)

I didn't contact any agents until I was confident in my numbers and market research aka driving around, bicycling around, and window shopping :-)

.- Gift from family member as a deposit, and payback when the home salesThe question is really broad, so if I have misunderstood you question please let me know.