At your starting point I would recommend getting a job in real estate or construction management or exposing yourself to as many people in that field as you can.

My friend said in this situation can use social network to put pressure on him like exposing on Yelp, BP, facebook that can display on search result. 

That is great input suggesting to look around and expose yourself to all of the opportunities in RE.

As a recent college engineering grad who formerly had only been exposed to the typical American life (piling on as much debt as possible in hopes of keeping up with the Joneses), you guys have really got the gears turning in my head and have opened a new way of thinking for me.After recently obtaining a good paying job, I almost made the mistake of buying a new truck and taking on some of the other bad debt that comes with most college grads; instead, I have chosen to put my eggs in the real estate basket.

The only reason to have multiple when flipping is if you have multiple deals going on at once where you would have a high equity position in total with them all exposed to the public.

I’m looking to stop making excuses and want to start exposing myself to real estate in some manner to better understand it, make some extra money while doing so, and build some connections that will be mutually beneficial over time as I gain more experience. 

Are they doing everything they can to expose properties to the widest possible market?

I think most larger banks are sophisticated enough and have covered such cases in the past, where smaller institutions may not have been exposed to such cases and may give you a hard time.

If anything that exposes you to legal ramifications should something go wrong.

Not to discourage you but doing flips from afar is no easy task and opens you up to other risks associated with those logistics you would not be exposed to otherwise.