I did not know to ask about their guest parking policies and CRR's.

A house hack with zero money in is not very common. 

If you buy mostly off-market you'll get zero commission, so a major factor for you will be if you plan to shop mostly via the MLS (which can be a good strategy especially for SFH where the data tends to be better quality). 

There were all zeros in the column for "improvements", "fixtures", "household personal property" and "business personal property". 

The policy called us back 5-10 minutes later...turns out it was three drunk guys who could not find their cabin. 

Anyone who provides an answer to this question has nothing, zero, nada with what is right/best for you. 

Specifically Atlanta, Greenville, Charlotte, Raleigh, Jacksonville and much more.I would suggest you find a market that you like and zero in on that market until you have a large enough portfolio there.

I am at ground zero, but want to know the best way to set up/build with the best foundation possible to take advantage of any tax incentives possible. 

The plan is to treat this as any other rental (Agreements, Depoist, Policies,  ETC) However, I feel like I am missing something. 

Your $2,400 (you said 24,000 but I am guessing you added a zero) mortgage is 34% of your bring home which to some would make you house-poor.