Now its time to really get started.My overall goals are to build sustainable wealth with real estate while providing a service to the general population in the form of property recycling (bring properties back to usable form for the public) and buy and hold rentals (providing solid housing for people and families).As far as progress, my wife and I are currently in our first house hack - living in, refurb, plan to rent.

I'm pretty certain on a path forward now, but I will reply to this thread when something happens/how things progress.

Your best bet when it comes to HVAC is finding a reputable contractor through word of mouth.

Bets are on her wanting to go travel around for a while.It's a 3/1 on about an acre of land, mixed zoning in Lakewood, CO just west of Denver.

It sounds like your plans are progressing in a good way.

For networking with wholesalers, my best bet not knowing any better would be finding whomever I can on BP and checking out local meetups, then seeing how many of both of those I can cram into a short trip in Indy.Do you use a web tool for comps, or do you know your target areas well after a few trips?  

Not picking on you but there ws some homework you didn't do along the way and I would bet he was not the most expensive guy.

With any ARM, you're betting rates won't increase, yes cash flow can be better, so long as rates remain stable, but if not, you can be underwater.

Besides reading as many books as I can and  going to as many meetups as I can what steps should I take to keep progressing?  

ARM's can make sense if you're a flipper where there is already a very short holding period and a significant holding risk because you're betting on the market being there when you sell.