So far, a part of my plan is to utilize my VA loan or an FHA loan to secure my first (small) multi-family home to buy and hold here on Oahu. 

I'm looking for an SLC house hacking situation (2-4 unit properties and/or single family houses with rentable basement/apartment/guesthouse) near Liberty Park or the Marmalade Library, but my primary goal is just to meet with as many local community members as possible.

My father does all the construction work and keeps up with the property. once purchasing the building my father renovated second floor apartment.

These parks can work...but the only way they can with this low of lot rent is if you have partner who literally lives within an hour drive of this park or you have another park that is larger within 20-30 min drive of this park and you can have a manager look over this park as well.Or if you live in that area....Smaller parks are great for getting experience but can be really hard to sell on the exit strategy becuase the time it takes to run this park....your better off with park thats about 25 spaces....6 spaces in the midwest is really hard to do...unless lot rents are apart 500 a month or so...because of the % per space is the same and your downside exposure if someone moves out is a lot greater % of your income vs a park that is larger.hope this helps

One solution is to go big(ger) ... find yourself a small apartment block (10 - 20 units) which will be commercial financing - based upon the cashflow the business (aka property) and not your personal income.  

As far as real estate investing, I want to get into multi-family and apartment building real estate.

I got approached by a company to replace my existing "standard" locks to keyless locks. I can see a benefit from not having to re-key a property and offering the smart home system as an incentive for new tenants, has ...

I spent a few years adding to my rental portfolio in the '80s and only added a lot of rentals when the Houston market heated back up between '87 and '91 or so.

I have been floating the idea in my head of becoming a part time real estate agent in the near future (6 months - 1 year).

YOU must fix all the items that they have broken before the inspection otherwise YOU are in violation of the lease and it will not be renewed.I try to have a little nicer house or apartment than others in the area.