#McCormickI have some Youtube videos (link in my profile) that will help with some of your questions and I'd be happy to have a call to help walk you through the market and what you should consider when looking here.

Long story short, his crew blasted through the job in a few hours and the clearance test failed.

Let me know if you have questions, I really went through and through the process on this deal. 

He can spend the next few years-ish getting a finance degree through an online school while working part time, but he just got offered a full time position helping with sales for a local wholesale real estate company. 

This is more common in today's market and often allows the seller to get a higher sale price than if you were to go through a bank/SBA loan.

A prudent investor doesn't seek quick riches through shortcuts.

Ironically, high income earners can make more passive income through tax mitigation than they can through buying high cash flow deals in nearly every situation. 

I actually ended up going through a big career change, and attended a 6-month bootcamp to learn Software Development after 7 years cooking professionally in fine-dining kitchens. 

Another is the perils of investing passively or through turn key providers in entry level SFH's.

A prudent investor doesn't seek quick riches through shortcuts.