I am in KC and have access to fourplexes here. 

Network with local agents, real estate meetups, and investors who focus on flips and rehabs to access off-market properties.

They maintain access to the house managers and meetings, and while we make the transition to independent living as seamless as possible, they are essentially on their own. 

Waiting until market downturns might limit access to capital.

For the basics I'm looking at a half acre of land for 150k Duplex Manu 3/2 1900 sqft per side 230KConstruction is roughly 150kThe rent minimum i would expect is 2500 per side and could probably stretch it a little because of the amount of land they would have access to.

As I stated, my thoughts are if you are only getting access to a library of info, why pay $20 grand for it???

Focusing on neighborhoods with job hubs or easy access to transit may provide reliable resale potential.

It also gives you a ton of access to see if all nodes are up and running, reset the router etc. from afar.

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?

I also had more confidence, more resources in terms of private lenders who were willing to lend to me because I now had a track record, and good contractors.By running my own marketing, I had access to a lot more opportunities and was able to start supplementing the cost of my acquisitions through wholesaling and the occassional flip which in turn expanded my network.