Her mother passed away....Owner Financed - Asking 35,000 - Terms 5,000 down 600/month...this was a 3 story victorian style home with 3 APARTMENTS IN IT, in a college town!!!

Living through market swings and a total collapse teaches frugality and caution. 

I joined BP because it seems to be an education and mentorship style site.My Full schedule limits the amount of time I can commit to real estate and think I will do best with turnkey rentals.

I think that teaching Love and Logic Parenting classes over the past 8 years out of my office in Mesa, Arizona, has helped me learn how to have empathy for other's situations while still handing their problems back to them in a loving way and being a support to them as they work through those problems rather than rescuing them from those problems.  

Solo style or team oriented?

One of the reasons we are teaching our agents to be ready for the change. 

As well as any local meetings teaching the BRRR strategy.

Are there any good books available that can teach me everything I need to know about a mortgage, what everything means and how things work?

Its a high management style of being a landlord.

IMO the grocery-retail-apartments all in one footprint is a nice model for redevelopment in urban areas where currently it's difficult to locate a big box style store plus parking lot, etc..I know a lot of people gripe about gentrification, but it's great for the long term viability of a neighborhood.