I represented myself as my buyers agent.

Both section8 rentals had the representative argue on the price and bring it down a little when I think the pricing we had was fair and was below what was listed on GoSection8.com. 

Found a mis-represented duplex walking distance to a college and bought it.

I know I commented on your other post, but I will show this one some love as well since It has a little more info as far as what you are thinking and I will just represent TX since that is what I know.I am in Killeen, TX, and this area you can buy a 4-plex anywhere from $200k-$260k.

I am now looking to buy a primary residence in bay area and wondering if I can represent myself in the deal and split the transaction fee directly with listing agent?

For example, here's a map showing the current median income and five-year income growth in the beach cities:The colors represent current median income, and the size of the arrows represents median income growth over the last five years.You'll notice that the beach cities are very green (ie, wealthy) and have large arrows.

If you find a seller who is looking to sell his property, there is not enough margin for to wholesale, there's not enough margin to flip, and you're not interested in holding the property as a rental, then you could offer to represent the seller as their agent.

I did speak with a Spartan representative last week and his explanation was internal processes last year basically couldn’t handle the influx of business.

If that 115 dollars represents what you will be paying as 'rent' you should be very happy and you have more than achieved the house hacking goal. 

If you can do that that deal often, you should be making a decent amount of money (even if you're overpaying a bit).Have you contacted a realtor to help represent you?