Is house hacking a must or are you okay with long distance investing?

The reason is banks don't need to sell like traditional sellers which have a loan, time constraint, etc.

We work with multiple clients who live on the west coast, and we also have a client who lives in Australia, so distance is no issue.

I have a single family home in west ashley area that I manage long distance.  

A good book for this type of strategy is @David Greene's book Long-Distance Real Estate Investing.

If you end up working with someone in SC from a distance I'd love to get a recommendation in the future if it goes well. 

Being unable to easily visit my target market to network in person (Indianapolis) for meaningful lengths of time, I overcame this by networking with an investor who lives near me and is successfully investing long-distance in Indianapolis.

He measured the distance between each electrical outlet, measured the size of the 2 windows so they were in the range to provide adequate light and escape, but not too large to be energy wasting, etc. 

The only business happening there is to sell turn key rentals to credulous out of state investors; this is what most guys pushing their cities on BP have to sell you.The RE market has topped out and the stock market is at risk of a massive correction so i would advise extreme caution, especially in the economically vulnerable areas Hmmm, can't think of any cities outside of California that are within driving distance and very profitable.

Alex discusses what he does to get money out of properties early using brrrr.https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/biggerpockets-podcast-301-incredible-power-long-distance-brrrr-investing-alex-felice/