Just let the money live in the house and collect rent as the only ROI?

Collect properties instead of money.

Nice to meet all of you and looking forward to expanding our skillsets collectively!

I should look at the expenses vs the income (rent collected) and not the selling price of the property. 

But IRS allows an IRA to be invested in anything except life insurance and collectibles.

It’s a well oiled operation to collect money then give you vague updates and excuses.

That's seriously impressive for a 19-year-old!

Thus, purchasing an app/program that provides thousands of buyers might look impressive, but maybe not for me at this point, but would be something possibly to tap into if I go virtual wholesale?? 

You may want to make an introduction between your CPA to those 2 colleagues.The CPA can go over their services and pricing to your colleagues.I partner with many people on real estate deals - It never gets to a discussion on whether they do their own tax return or hire a professional.If a partner mentions he will provide capital - does he provide the capital on a timely manner.If a partner mentions he will find deals - does he find many deals and provide an analysisIf a partner mentions he will manage a property - does he manage the property well(find tenants, collect rent, communicate with contractors, etc)

If it's a verbal tenancy, you have to show a practice of collecting rent that the tenant is no longer abiding by (or perhaps tenant shows up, and honestly states they were obligated to pay rent and haven't done so).When the eviction case is submitted, you give the tenants names, e-mail, phone, address.