People have provided you with multiple options.

These are people whose full time job is to effectively manage the assets on behalf of the investors. 

And or thought people were taking advantage.

Any insights/people with experience in this market who can chime in?

Most people are unsure of this.

How do you approach educating people on the realities of the business? 

@Armani Pimentel Yes, I believe that wholesaling is generally not the way to go, because it is getting banned, there are people who try to take advantage of aspiring entrepreneurs like you, and it is extremely low probability. 

Now here is some advice many will disagree with me on but I firmly committed to this:  Most people that use a VA loan shouldn't.  

A lot of people go in expecting these programs to completely change their lives. 

If OP has not already tried calling every we buy houses ad in the area, they should also do that. 3 days is very limiting though - no time to waste.