Hey @Nicholas R Murray welcome to BiggerPockets!

Loans vary.There are other methods of house hacking.

One of these strategies is called the HELOC method.

Due to this understandably very short time frame, I'm curious what strategy people would recommend for me to get to a position where I can retire from my job and live off the investments.I am currently narrowed down to long-term buy-and-hold through the BRRRR method, which seems to be a fairly fast track using the same capital.

one method that helps is buying a distressed property that needs work. 

There are plenty of ways to get a down payment or find a deal that the seller is willing to finance in full (not sure if owner finance is a thing in Canada).We have done HELOC and private money for down payments so far... but my favorite method was this last home.

The BRRRR can absolutely be a great method but we must target off market properties in order for this strategy to work here.  

I just wanted to network because I just recently got super interested in all of this talk about house hacking and brrrr like two weeks ago and have been lookin for the best method to kick start my drive on this road to financial freedom. 

Before doing a thorough inspection on the house to accurately estimate the rehab job, is there a quick method that anyone uses to calculate the rehab?

Over and over I hear the BRRRR method, but I consistently stumble over it and grasp it a little but then the fundamentals are washed away by wordiness.