Compromise with your parents — save up from working and then invest in a home near the college you’ll attend and house- hack it, renting out the other rooms and gaining landlord experience while earning a degree.

In essence you get some gain tax free. 

IF all projections are met and the property is sold after 5 years it will be about a 10% annual return after all capital gains taxes are paid. 

Ahead of schedule on inventory, short term pain for long term gain.

FB marketplace gets some traction as well.

You'll be one of the wealthiest people you know by the time you are 40.As you gain experience, you may discover you hate dealing with tenants and this is the wrong vehicle for you to build wealth.

Wholesaling is an excellent way to gain experience.Wishing you Good luck!

Specifically- in 1 year I made $100k in equity + net cash flow of $700/month with 2 properties.2) Who do I gain access to by investing in this program?

One idea I have is to "shadow" a real estate investor (although I am not entirely sure how to go about asking for / finding this kind of opportunity), but I am wondering if anyone has insight into other ways to gain a comparable level of experience.If anyone has insight into any or all of these topics, I would greatly appreciate the feedback.

If you have each been declaring 50% of the gain/loss from each property then you would each be the "tax payer" for 50% of each of the properties.