My advice is to network like you’ve never networked before and devote yourself to learning the market in a particular area.  

Now I knew there would be some networking and I was prepared for that but I didn't think so much time would be devoted to it.

Choose a path because you understand it, can devote time and effort without sacrificing job or family commitments, and you have the skills/interest to make it work.The 5k is to understand every step in that path and what you have to do to get thru it. 

There's only some much time to devote to this stuff and when your schedule simply has no room left you have to carve out the ones that appear the least lucrative or productive. 

As a young and devoted investor I would really appreciate some feedback and guidance on what i should do.

The owner would like $1,200,000 and will carry a note for $1,000,000 - $1,100,000. he ideally wants $200,000 down.As with most new investors I do not have capital for that type of down payment.A liitle about myself:I work a regular 9-5 job and also have a realtors license I have done two wholesale deals in the last couple months since starting to devote a couple hours a night to investing.

Not sure about you, but I really wouldn't want to invest my money with a W-2 employee who has to devote 40-60 hours a week to something other than Real Estate.

If you want to do this part-time, I encourage you to set aside at least 3 evenings per week for 2-3 hours and half a day Saturday to devote to marketing and deal scouting. 

A lot of people don't really want to  devote the amount of time or money that is needed to fix up an older place. 

real estate investing as a side project" --- Why did you word it that way, and how much time do people really devote to learning about side projects...what will you devote?"...