David Dawkins i am not in Florida but a lot of note investors chat on Facebook groups and participate in webinars etc. if you are interested I can point you to some Facebook groups that others run that I am a part of

A borrower must choose his or her own contractors to perform the needed renovation.All Contractors participating in the Renovation Program must complete a Contractor Profile Report.

The borrower can not buy the lien or participate in the tax auction but the lender can. 

I knew it was time to take my goals to the next level and felt BiggerPockets was the ideal community to begin learning from and participating in.

Man you have a lot to be proud of.

Books and magazines I am at least going to open and look at every page to my right, Amazon Prime music streaming my favorite play list over my Echo, and cats more or less subdued... which is strange because their feeding time in only 30 minutes away...I am not proud to say this intimidates me.

I am anxious to learn, participate and also help in any way that I can, again I am new and don’t know much but I will put forth an effort.

Also wondering if I'm taking on any legal risk by participating or not participating? 

Yes you can make contributions to the solo 401k while also participating in your day-time employer's 401k provided you have net self-employment income.

So no signed docs.You participated in the bidding thereafter?