I’ve researched it online and:— I see the liens, but unclear on how to read them properly.

Love this online community and the wealth of knowledge here.

I am generally in contact with my clients on commercial retail at least every other day or so.

And creating an LLC here is extremely easy, you can do it online.

If you see any quality lower-cost courses on wholesaling or marketing available locally or online, consider taking them. 

Outside of this, it may help to start with a few basic online sources (rentometer.com, CraigsList, etc) to give you a jumping off point and some rough market insight.  

We found an agent online and he recommended lenders and inspectors etc.

But then again, with a house hack, any subsidy to your primary residence can give you increased cash to stash, tax advantages, etc. so that you can more quickly get to your next investment property than if you were just living in a retail SFH.  

Property listed online (Trulia, Zillow, etc..) and is well below market value and appears to be depressed. ~ I'm thinking this is a shortsale2.

@Eric Veronicayeah the per unit min was surprising to me as well, mentioned nothing in the online application...The subject property is 4 units, future properties would be 2-4 (that 1-4 was a typo)