So, the question is, should I more so consider working in the RE field (i.e. property management team, working in a bank, etc) or just do these temp jobs to build a little more capital before beginning?

Look for one that reports to all 3 bureaus.Google how to negotiate creditors, the timeframes for statute of limitations in your state for which they can take legal action, call the original debt company and find out when the account went delinquent, creditors manipulate the age of debts, knowing the true date, you can use this to force them to remove it from your history after 7 years if they're that old.

After they have secured these cards for you, they manipulate the system to get cash from these cards making it very high utilization on your card. 

At most I have seen 30% in a C multifamily market in CT.I understand the cap rate and the NOI determine the ARV, however, I am learning it's easy to manipulate numbers to make a property appear to be a better deal.

I wouldn't try and manipulate the system.

The number can be manipulated in the short term.  

I plan on manipulating this list until I cannot anymore.And hopefully, I can duplicate these results with other counties and states.

Hi Calvin,I would amend the lease to include this new person and do your normal due diligence and app fee.Make sure that temporary person receives all of the appropriate addendum's that you need.You want confirmation of signing off on smoke detectors, mold addendum etc. recorded and all the info on the temp person.  

Other investors, realtors, and powers in the area appear to be waiting in the wings and possibly manipulating the market to force investors like my "hypothetical friend" out - possibly due to some personal grudge or just so they can swoop in and pick up these properties from foreclosure. 

Vacation homes always go for more, because its temp for the guests.