Plenty of folks move here from out of state to do house hacks, and there are so many amazing neighborhoods you can choose from.

You can find out a lot that way too.Finally - know that there are usually plenty of seasoned players bidding against you.  

I currently work as a traveling industrial electrician, but will be getting off the road come September as I’d like more stability, and I really want to househack.

I'd like to set up the company structure now and would like to do so under the advice of a well recognized cross boarder accountant that specializes in real estate investing.Currently located in BC.

I intended on using a local property management company so I'd love to connect.

There are plenty of agents on here, man.

I don't know if she can do it but I'd check with Lilly at Creative Lending. https://www.creativelending.biz/If that doesn't work you will need a private loan.

Currently I'm getting offers in the 9.5-10.5% region but I'd like to see how they've been over the past 20-30 years. 

Tenants save money when using a shared meter, so there's plenty of room for error when calculating how to distribute the charges.

Other than that, unless you want to do the landscaping periodically yourself or pay someone to, I'd keep it simple and functional.