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I am hoping for any advice/insights on how to proceed.

Our hope is that we could hold it long term in order to have a rental house in our area. 

Otherwise, hope this helps!

Similar to what @Sarita Scherpereel says, a house hack will mostly be about the equity you make and total return after moving in low down as well as hopefully lower cost of living while you are owner occupying it.

You will DEFINITELY hire some losers and lose money, there's really no way around it. 

I hope you can understand that.

I could rent for 1yr or 2 and then sell, when hopefully realtor fees are reduced... 

I’ve probably looked at 200-300+ deals (wholesaler deals, agent deal, on market, etc) and all of them either lose money or break even.

In the 90s, and into the very early 2000s, you would go to an office and hope that they got some leads.