You can learn just about anything you need to complete a small project off YouTube and with the right tools.  

I've been in the real estate lending industry for over a decade, helping investors secure funding for their deals.

If you're in a high-cost area, consider out-of-state markets where you could buy a rental property outright. 

If you sold this property would you buy something in Arizona or would you continue to look for properties out of state? 

Took me 2 years to completely gut and re do everything in the house.

On a rehab I have anything that needs to be ordered ready to submit before I settle , I place the order the day of settlement .

You should talk to a lawyer.

Applying that to RE investing, most would agree your first FHA loan should be a multi-unit house hack.

These companies don't want people to buy the vehicle just to resell it and make a quick buck, so they don't allow transfers right away.

If you don't care about income and are more of a capital gain kind of guy, prices are already high (as you noticed) and there's plenty of land available to buy so I'm not sure how much is left in the tank.