With residential, familiarize yourself with what areas you want to focus and what form of lead generation best fits you (cold calling, open house, door knocking, online presence).

If the property conditions are 👌as poster says.

When it doesn't it's best to only use comps of the same condition.

Once you've got the financing lined up, your agent should be able to help you determine the perfect area to find a duplex, analyze rents, crime, etc.But beware, if your agent mostly deals in single family homes and has never worked with investment property like this before they may lead you astray as it'll be the blind leading the blind.Feel free to reach out if you have any more questions about the Sacramento market or investing in general and we'll try to get you pointed in the right direction :-)

My initial plan was to house hack with my va loan; however, this is looking like a great deal if I could get it for an ideal price (it has been on the market for over 2 mos and I just received word that the condition is considered "poor" as there haven't been any upgrades in a decade and it's looking to be in a B-/C area...so I'm hoping to knock the price down significantly...any advice on this would be appreciated as well!).

Lowering their temperature certainly leads to longer term tenancies. 

So, here we go...If you are buying a foreclosure, some may be in better condition and are able to bank finance while others are in serious disrepair warranting alternative financing (hard money lenders, private lenders or cash). 

And for exchange I’m willing to work with the agent and bring them off market leads with my marketing funnel.

As Is" simply means the seller is not agreeing, in advance, to performing any repairs typically that may be required to be in a financable condition. 

The are in decent condition, 3 year old roofs, in good repair and working order but 2 are in C areas and definately lived in.