This enables the seller to obtain the price they want while still paying the real estate brokers involved.

Third, does anyone know of supplemental resources that can help me navigate the audio (i.e.: a digital program, or agenda PDF or other kind of document)?

Much of what I have found says that cashflow is king and that net worth just looks good on paper as cashflow really enables you to live and invest now and banks look more at cashflow and debt/income than they do your net worth (my current debt/income is 14.9%).

@Alec Norman One option to consider is to get a SFH and rent out the lower level to supplement your cash flow.

To supplement this question, what if you are partnering with someone who has more capital/resources/expertise/real estate skills than you, what would make them want to partner with me? 

I have a Network Attached Server (RAID enabled with 5 hard drives) with 10GB of space. 

I'm new to all of this and would really appreciate someone running through the numbers and theory with me to enable me to better understand whether or not it would make sense for us to house hack now. 

For the most part they are equity investments in high appreciation areas with my salary supplementing monthly operational losses.I am looking to expand my portfolio through additional purchases that cash flow.

As your renters pay down the mortgages, your net worth increases, enabling you to obtain better financing on your next deal or deals.

I have been listening to a man down in San Antonio that use to have about 15 rental homes and they almost totally broke him when he was able to ask for and get a higher non-refundable deposit,  make the spread between the rent and the debt payment, and often they would make and pay for their own maintenance and improvements, and often they would not take their option and enabled him to do the same thing again.Even though they started out leasing, they tended to treat the home as theirs even though it still belonged to him.