What I'm looking to do since I am a bit shy to finding an organic mentor is to kinda do what was suggested in Rich Dad Poor Dad when Rich dad said for Robert to play golf because eventually Robert would end up doing it some day and the best time to begin building his skills was when he was young. 

I am active duty army in the processes of being medically discharged.

This is a grand opportunity to drive the price down with the seller if you're buying with the right fixit-man skill set -- you're not.If you do this, you're making a major commitment, the kind of thing so far out of a typical hands-off investor's comfort zone that it will take her/him into a danger zone.

If so, having a manager who is skilled with "war zone" rentals will be very important.

Other than that, we would sit with the residents, administer medication and answer calls from the residents.

Go pay someone who can take a holistic look at your goals and skill set to help you develop a plan for you to reach them.

Anyone who has the skills to find deals consistently would just do it themselves. 

Next year my husband will graduate from medical school and we will relocate for the residency program that accepts him.

She had a chapter 7 bankruptcy 4 years ago (that she readily informed of on application) and I'm deducing that it was due to medical from her husband. 

Don't worry about negotiating skills, focus more on building the expenses involved.