In the cities that I would like to live in, the prices are pretty high and most house hacks would be difficult to come close to cash flowing even with all units tenant occupied if I use my 0% down VA Loan.

I am not in LA, but since it has been two days with no local answers for you, I have some tipsWhat you want is a high volume landlord tenant attorney.

Below is my high level numbers -Property cost: 500k - 600k, Rehab cost - 100k - 150k, so total project cost: 600k - 750k.Please let me know your thoughts. 

Did you do a Listsource grab of properties with high equity or you had another way to coming to that conclusion?

(square footage, facing direction, driveway position, quality of finishings etc). 

I have a real estate portfolio with good amount of equity (most of the portfolio is free and clear), however my personal DTI ratio is too high and that's stopping me from tapping into it to settle some debts and buy more properties.

Low inventory, high demand.

I let pricelabs do most of the pricing to get me to high occupancy for April.  

Scott, I would HIGHLY recommend going some details and running some examples through it so people can make an informed decision on which one to use.

However, I recognize I still have much to learn.I would highly value advice from veteran investors on finding the right opportunities, understanding regulations, financing projects, and overall best practices.