I've also seen advice about reaching out to local flippers to try and learn more by putting a small amount of money into their deals.

Once to him and he stole the money and once to the sub to remove the lien.

Or even private money that would be interested in something like this - realizing that interest rates will be higher.  

There are plenty of hard money lenders out there to fund your projects.

What have been your experiences with Skip tracking software.... which do you feel has the best features for the most value for the money?

Definitely horrible fees, but here's the reality: of all the lenders I broker DSCR with, none will go under a loan amount of $75k.From a business perspective, there's no money made on those loans.

Money is not your only resource, so is time and energy.

If you are out of money on this, it's time for creativity and elbow grease! 

If you wait for the problem to occur and then try to educate yourself, you will exacerbate the problem and lose more money.2.

It takes money to make money.