It is now the best time to be an investor provided that you have access to your own capital to do deals and don't need third party funding combined with your strong skills in purchasing a distressed property at the right price.

Wholesaling skills translate well with both buy and hold/fix and flips. 

Since then, I've learned more into my build, design and project management skills, taken everything in house, gotten my GC license and taken a more hands on approach.

Starting with a safer property and building up skills can help.

MLS has a ton of stats that they share with you and that you can compile yourself i.e. sold data, new listing data, buyer demand/DOM, historical data, etc.2. improve sales skills.

A skilled caller could get 20-30 leads from talking to 1K random homeowners.

Very true, you make your money when you buy and that formula is dependent upon your search abilities, how big of a net you cast to find opportunities, your negotiating skills, your ability to identify great locations (often near good schools), and your ability to transform the property.

However, they let us know that they've hired a skilled team of developers and started working on the platform.

It's where I cut my teeth and tested all my knowledge and skills set.

We are skill rich and cash poor.