You share the one hour slot with others and wait for your turn.

My favorite FB group is Indianapolis Out of State Investors -- plenty of local resources on there. 

Where is your favorite place to find investment properties?

What are some of your favorite zip codes in Baltimore city/county for rentals? 

One of my favorite places in the world.

Use a service (my favorite is Offers2Owners) and send a professional 2 page blind offer.I would also scale quickly and pull a list of homes that match your acq criteria and mail to all of them instead of driving for dollars.

Our favorite type of setup here would be something on one story because basement units are typically tougher to rent than something on the ground floor.

So that delivery people  (UPS, FedEx, etc) can drop them into the lockers and a key can be issued to the tenant (in their mailbox through a slot, for example).   

I have written two articles on BiggerPockets about the VA loan and recommend that you check them out for more information.All that being said, house hacking with the VA loan is one of my favorite strategies, and I think you could be very successful doing it in your local market.

My plan when I get to 10 is to start paying them down one at a time with the snowball method (or selling off my least favorite) and then acquire a new one with financing.