I'm in Detroit now for inspections on one and to generate the scope of repairs on the other.

I'm from Leesburg and have apartments in Montgomery. 

Activities like tenant management, marketing, bookkeeping, inspections, overseeing contractors, and compliance tasks all count.Avoid outsourcing tasks, as this reduces eligible hours, and consider adding properties if meeting the threshold is challenging.

Would it be easier to do a career change outside of real estate and then be a part time agent on the side?

Do you do Move In Inspections that show the condition of the property before? 

I'm hopeful I'll be able to get my apartment back and not make the same mistakes again. 

Quote from @Breland Clark: I would like to know more about developing land and subdivisions for new builds and apartment buildings. talk to the land development arms in your city or state.

Housing mix will change; more condos and co-ops and multi-family apartment buildings.

Pretty hard to make 100K on wholesale deals, but with an apartment complex or occasionally with a residential house it has been completed before.

Remind them you had professionals out there to inspect the place multiple times and they found no problems.If they claim that their insurance policy needs your info, tell them to give you their info and you will contact their insurer directly.