I will be looking to hire someone to run this business for me and they will be able to live in the house as part of their compensation.My goal is to renovate the rooms and cabins and expand by adding more year-round cabins designed for longer stays. 

Consider a smaller percentage (10-20%) for index funds for diversification, but keep your primary focus on house hacking.

Did a total of 5 with them and one on our own that we ended up keeping for ourselves as our primary. 

Interest rate --> 6.3%Primary Residence House Worth --> $1.5MM.  

Large Cities - pretty much every large major city in the US has restricted airbnbs to primary residences.

Any insight on the area's primary occupation?

We realize with growth comes the need of finding/bringing on more people to assist with all the tasks/extra work involved.Our goal this year is to find/complete a combination of 50+ BRRRRs/Flips, cashing out $20k+ more on the properties that we hold, and $30k+ more on the ones we decide to sell.

That way your 1099 write offs that probably killed your income would be irrelevant.I work with a lot of investors who rent and contiue to buy investment properties until they find what they want to buy again as a primary.

Your strategy of accumulating properties, even while preferring to rent personally, is an interesting one and definitely has its merits depending on your long-term goals and market conditions.Regarding your question about down payments, it's true that the landscape of real estate investing has evolved, and strategies that were prevalent a few years ago might not be as beneficial today.

I am an asset manager with primary assets being RE related (mostly small MF and mineral rights).