The seller's agent wasn't any help because of inexperience.  

Recently, I've started seeing a few properties that I could have done a wholesale deal on, but I'm letting them pass due to inexperience on that front.

Hello, I am a new investor and was thinking I'd start with a single family home to wet my beak a little in the real estate game. However, when searching for deals I found a ready to go 4-unit that should cashflow for ...

I find a lot of inexperience in the Vacation Rental business. 

I'd advise getting on the phone with @Dion DePaoli ... if/when you find a note you may be interested in buying, you can pay him a reasonable flat fee to point out all of the holes that you are missing due to inexperience, what a reasonable price for the note would be, expected ROI, and give you a strategy for managing the transaction, operations, and exit.

At the risk of showing the depths of my inexperience, may I ask for what "JV" stands?

They should be dotting the i's and crossing the t's if they are raising for a syndication.Finally, recognize that inexperience can be a warning, but also an opportunity.

Your inexperience is paid for in the rates you will be charged;  in return a good hard money lender will guide you through the renovation process which is the riskiest part of the BRRRR strategy.

As someone who buys a ton of auction houses, this is not something I would suggest for an inexperience investor.

. - we are from NJ originally (mostly Union, Middlesex and North Plainfield/Somerset Co.) and I agree that $70k sounds a bit high and on the other hand--if the contractors are busy or they smell inexperience--they'll push up the price.