Returning with the outcome and lessons learned in case another newbie stumbles upon this:I got a third-party structural engineer (a company that does not do foundation work) and sure enough, the house was in bad shape. 

A few months ago I stumbled on Rich Dad Poor Dad and started listening to a few of Robert's Podcasts. 

I stumbled upon a piece of land in NC that I think would work for an apartment complex or subdivided for single family houses.

if you mean net like Net from collected rent  that could be pretty tough in 3 years unless you stumble into some unbelievable deals.

I stumbled upon a book about real estate investing after listening to some podcast, and so I’m really interested in learning as much as I can, the “where to start” “where to look” “where to find money” etc.

Thanks Andrew I may not be a good judge of that because I don’t know anyone personally who does real estate investingSo my only interaction with other investors is here at bigger pocketsI do think the Internet and YouTube etc are great resources but I think they’ve created a false dream with so many more gurus who make it seem so easy People talk about BRRRR as if it’s a new concept My father gave me $1.99 paper back almost 50 years ago they talked about doing it that way I wish I had actually learned from it lolI do think I’m very blessed in a way because I never found books in the library or any other information about how to flip houses so I would just stumble my way through and never looked at anyone else or any source for easy answers so now to me with the Internet and YouTube it’s just so much easier than it used to be for me personally but it could be just because I have more experience

I just stumbled into this  were 20k of fully furnished in Vegas got me 2k a month in exta rent. 

You can have all the marketing and advertising in the world but if you're not the valuable agent/realtor guess what, the vast majority of people will do some level of research and they will stumble upon a person who has years of experience, expertise, and they intelligently think "hey, this is serious, it's a lot of money, let's be smart and get the best person we can find on this not just any old person". 

I stumbled across bigger pockets after reading "How to Invest in Real Estate" and immediately wanted to jump on the ship.

And then I stumbled on Bigger Pockets.