See if you can get a copy of The Millionnaire Real Estate Investor by Keller.The Slight Edge and Atomic Habits too.Awesome board with many smart people having own suggestions and ideas to grow wealth!!

Are there any other Travel PT’s or people that have faced a similar problem like this before?

My father did this in Portland on two properties, for elderly people I think. 

There are so many great people and resources throughout BP that will be great to build a foundation and continue you learning.

All of those people also get credit/background checks. 

People are no different.Best wishes.

I don't play around with other people's money.As for sticking to Gilbert or checking out other cities around Phoenix, I'm doing my best to look at every city. 

Most lay people have zero idea how to get through a transaction.

I’d recommend listening to the straight up Chicago investor podcast for local information, going to the variety of meetups that are in this great city, and meeting a lot of the people posting here. 

One of the issues I have noticed is that some people think of a flip house as being the cheapest possible rehab.