its hair on fire... prep a deed  get it signed and notarized have my secretary run it to the recorders.. hire a courier service to hand deliver cashiers check .. talk to customer service and get a date down so we basically knew our title position.. all done in a matter of a few hours.. 

I’m about to acquire my 3rd property, and should be in a position to buy my 4th in Q4 of this year.

Positive cash flow from day 1 you own and is critical too.Good luck to you!

General Liability:  Whether or not the property owner is also acting as Self GC will impact what types of Liability coverage will be needed. 

Investing primarily in this market has clearly put you in a strong equity position. 

Does it have any impact if the property was taken into an entity vs simply assigning the contract?

Based on current prices, SFR will maybe get you $100-200 positive (best case) and worst case break even.

You have to document your intent to defend your position. 

Would you ever consider purchasing a house hack that has a small amount of negative cash flow (when considering all expenses to budget for, of course), knowing that cash flow would be positive once you moved out and gained income from the unit that you were occupying?

While the home will still technically produce negative cashflow, it would give me a very cheap monthly payment on a house that is steadily gaining value.Now, over the next year, my goal is to purchase another SHF in the area as my first official "rental" property, with the intent of positive cashflow and passive monthly income.