His wife does social media, blogging, copywriting, marketing, etc for a living and went to school for it. 

If you are looking for advice, I suggest finding and following @Engelo Rumora wherever he is at the moment (podcasts, social media, catch up on "yellow ladder tips" and read his blogs)He is very well versed in getting deals every where from Ohio to Australia.

When I was a full time agent in Chicago I always checked the status of attorneys, lenders, etc, on Yelp because the good ones are almost always there.

I have been interested in the real estate investment and looking at the rental rate in my area.Do you know if there is any way to check the current status of a certain property?

The Roth portion of another qualified employer plan like a 401k, 403n, etc can be rolled over into the Roth portion of a Solo 401k.The solo 401k does provide the ability to do an in-plan conversion of tax-deferred funds to Roth status (with the corresponding tax implications), and allows for generous new Roth contributions up to $18K per year.A Solo 401k is exempted from Unrelated Debt Financed income taxation (UDFI) when using mortgages to acquire real property.  

LOLI decided that living on Social Security is really not how I pictured myself living, way back when.

I am not a social butterfly, and often deal with social anxiety, but I feel that this is something that shouldn't keep me from getting into this. 

Go to local real estate investing meetingsTalking to people, attend HOA meetings, realtor meetings, get social and tell people what you're doing.

US bank said I'd have to sign under my social security number. 

no good ,. not on Pro status as yet ..Do you happen to have one that you could show as example?