You don’t have to pay $20k+ to learn to broker loans. 

Just sell and pay off that loan or two.

You can learn from someone one step ahead of you and then do business together.I'm sure there are plenty of mentors you could pay substantial money to to gain knowledge and know how but i doubt it could replace actual relationships that are pertinent to your market and current business.

If you are in DFW area, do you recommend any meetups that aren't sales/marketing groups disguised as a RE meetup?

Look, we’d all like to search the internet, find a deal for sale, analyze the property as having a great cash flow at current interest rates, with lots of upside potential in a gentrifying market.  

The biggest challenge we faced is the property's proximity to a railroad, which has proven to be an impediment to the sale.

But, the self-sufficiency test for FHA loans can be really difficult in SF, meaning that the market rent from units you will not occupy must be sufficient to pay for the mortgage payment. 

If you did DSCR, 20% down I have a Par rate at 6.375% so you pay broker fee but no points.

paying mgt any landscape/snow/utilities?

So, if your father transfers his ownership to you and you cannot work with your aunt then you can force a sale.