Trying to stay objective and focus on the finding a deal, which it seems is challenging regardless of locale but remain undeterred nonetheless.

I want a specialist that's an expert, and not a jack of all trades and master of none.

While some gave objective and practical opinions, the impression I was given was that they were all trying to take advantage of me and push sales. 

They can help you identify the best strategies and entities to use to meet your objectives.

If you're not sure on your budget, the place to get started would be talking to a mortgage broker to see what the max loan amount you would qualify for is (sorry if this is too obvious and elementary, and you may be paying cash because money is no object for all I know, but my assumption would be that you'll take advantage of the low money down financing available for owner-occupied which is a big advantage of house hacking, and that your price point is entry-level so I'll base my advice on that). 

My rental contract as a tenant ended, landlord sent her listing agent to check and he left without any objection.

If not, my first objective would be to get a property here using a low down payment program (3-3.5% down). 

@Colten Powell most likely more information is needed to truly answer this in an objective, non-opinion way.

(There are quite a few of these in Georgia.)However...If your ultimate objective is to become a real estate investor, then I suggest you only consider brokerages that have a significant number of active and successful investor clients.

I don't want to give advice when I don't know everything, but if all pertinent information was disclosed and you didn't come up with an objection in due diligence, that's likely on you.