All rental income should be directed to a dedicated operating account.2.

The real question has to do with  if you are prepared to do what's required to learn the foundations of real estate investing, strategies, tactics, financing, title, escrow, marketing, deal structuring, develop acquisition systems, investors, associate networks and management of properties, rent collection, cash flow, taxes, etc.This is all took me a lot longer than one year, but you might be very dedicated. 

Then I got a reference to a company that has a whole group dedicated to wholesalers.

Hey Katrina,Your dedication to learning about finance and real estate investing is commendable, especially as a single mother.

Once you pick one give it a serious dedicated effort, but if it's producing no fruit after several months you can always pivot and shift. 

BP is starting a site dedicated toward syndications.  

They have a TV channel dedicated to bad tenants and I believe they are almost always Section 8 tenants.2.

I will just need to make a dedicated location to store the spare set so that the tenants won’t use them during their stay. 

Being a SUCCESSFUL Realtor is extremely hard work and dedication, and yes our commission is worth it1.

It's usually not, and b) you need to have TIME to dedicate to them, listen to their calls, provide feedback and get them to the level you need.