Best to do Joint venture with a  reputed flipper near you at the start

See if you can do meetups and meet experienced investors near your city and see if you can get onto  a Joint Venture to get feet wet

While your coworkers are at Happy Hour or football games, the REI may be knee deep in it.

Property management is not a joint exercise between you and them.

You are usually better off filing jointly. 

This joint approach ensured a seamless process from purchase to renovation and resale.

You can choose to use pepper spray or learn how to knee the groin of a man wrapped in a padded suit but I'll stick to something with a little more oomph.

My contractor has one credit card for all of my individually owned buildings (jointly not multiple cards) and one credit card for the building I own in a partnership.

There are far fewer opportunities for leaks to develop in the drain plumbing under the sink when there are less than half the amount of joints within the plumbing.  

You basically have 2 options:1) Join a mentorship program, buy a note, and do everything on your own based on the knowledge you get2) Some companies joint venture with newbies so you learn while studying what the experienced partner is doing.