This helps a lot.

I've been a member of GAREIA for about a year and it's been fantastic - lot of people in that group that are experienced and excited to help the next gen investors.https://gareia.com/Feel free to PM me or reach out to contact info in bio - would be happy to help however I can! 

What type of help is there for down payment?

Are there ways around this?  

Do you know how to read the credit/criminal background?

Those in themselves are great education.Degrees won’t help you much unless you are trying to get a job at a large fund.

Now were back to a mare normal world where a person has to have that skill of forecasting, analysis, ability to "read the tea leaves" for where it's all going and if todays acquisition makes sense. 

Give The Ultimate Guide to Grading Cleveland Neighborhoods a read to see which neighborhoods fit your appetite for risk. 

And a local resident is usually very helpful.

That alone will help me not read what I don't want to read.