I've called numerous times and have been sent to "escalation teams".

As most people have mentioned there are numerous ways to invest, and get into the the real estate world.

To protect your margins, it’s crucial to have a solid understanding of costs upfront, consider negotiating long-term prices with suppliers, and prepare for possible delays in renovation schedules.In both scenarios, it’s often safer to focus on markets with strong fundamentals (stable job market, population growth) and properties at or below the median home price in the area to appeal to a broad buyer base.

I also have consulted numerous local officials as well as HUD in DC.

I was overconfident after successfully doing numerous value add rehabs when this spring we took on a rehab of a little unit that was listed as built in 1901 (I believe it was really built in 1920s and 1901 was used because they did not know when it was built).  

Doing both flips and BRRRRs, if possible, would prevent you from locking up too much liquidity into a deal or numerous deals, thus allowing you to continue to scale.

It happened numerous times after that.

After researching further though on social media and then criminal records I found about 12 previous arrests and numerous convictions burglary, theft, criminal trafficking, molestation (don't think convicted), battery. 

I've seen numerous courses offered on Youtube but I am a little sceptical of those.

If not, there could be numerous chains of the contract which can convolute things.