Honestly there are several career paths that will help (Renovation contractor, real estate agent, corporate RE analyst)  but depending upon whether you are looking for a career investing/flipping versus using your W-2 career income to build more by flipping, you can approach it better in my opinion by learning through doing.Flipping especially 1 at a time isn't a full time job and my thought is that you get help on your first, maybe first few flips. 

Move in and move out walkthroughs, Hoa violations, etc etc at no extra charge  They have connections with contractors that will show up within an hour any day of the week, charge a reasonable rate and have it fixed within a couple hours.

Be sure to look up proper contractors in your journey.

Loophole - A way of avoiding or escaping a cost or legal burden that would otherwise apply by means of an omission or ambiguity in the wording of a contract or law.The law here isn't a loophole.

we have 3 clients looking for 85% LTC lender for ground up and we would be an LP as a qualifier and licensed general contractor for triplex builds in Columbus Ohio. 

You'd have to ask a general contractor.

Did you do the work yourself or have good General contractors?

I am an investor friendly General Contractor in the Bryan / College Station, Texas area and would love to connect with investors for their next remodel / rehab project.

One "bargain" cost me $30,000 in hidden repairs - don't repeat my mistakes.Build your team early: a realtor, inspector, contractor, accountant, and maybe a property manager.

Do you think your contractor is quoting a builder $8,340?