I'm currently seeking motivated sellers/buyers/ investors And would like to speak with a local attorney that is wholesale/flipping proficient.

Why not just grow in whatever business you have developed that you are proficient in?

I heard a young man, Kevin Wood, on podcast 167 saying that I should be practicing analyzing new listings for 30 days to become proficient at recognizing what a good deal is.  

@Kathy Castrigno For entity creation (LLC, S-Corp, Trust) I would suggest talking to an attorney proficient in real estate.

While a property may be in a different market, MN is one of the strictest of markets for Landlords, meaning what a person can learn and gain from proficient operation and measure of protection in MN market for a landlord, will almost certainly apply elsewhere.  

As you become proficient with each, you will be able to identify and apply the appropriate solution to engineer profitable transactions from previously “impossible” deals.As we say, “Find the opportunity and the money will come.”1“Control and Roll”©You don’t need to buy real estate to profit, control it for 60 to 90 banking days and sell it before closing.

At this point i am going to become more proficient at running numbers on various properties beginning with my own and the go to other markets from there.  

Just from what I learned already I figure it would have taken me a very long time to learn, if at all, because if you don't know what to ask and when to ask it you will never ask and if you use the Internet or other methods you might never find the question or relate, and not know to ask the question and a single mentor would either not think to tell you or assume you already know.It is the same as with my Merchant Marine license I had to have minimum of 1440 days underway with 720 days on vessels before I could take the test but even though I had been at sea I would not have passed the test without paying Houston Marine for the test prep which cost $$$All of these endorsements from the United States Coast Guard are required and after paying for the courses the USCG costs for the actual endorsements at $165 min each. 1600 ton Master $9,500 STCW $1,900.00 Able Bodies Seaman $799 Advanced Firefighting $799 RADAR $799 Proficiency in Rescue/Lifeboat $999 So to get my license I had to spend $14,796.00 and I lost sea time to automatically renew, after 10 years of sailing, when my parents were sick and died in 2007.  

I use Google Drive a fair amount (not nearly as proficient as I would like to be yet) so that seems to fit.

Hey Ryan good job on getting started so youngIt seems the general advice here on BP is to focus on one property type until you gain enough proficiency of the fundamentals to move onto other types of investments.