You don't need to know everything to get started; you need a foundation to build on, and the rest will come through experience and then refining your education.You can build a basic understanding of investing in 3-6 months.

GC's get paid off of the work, not a flat rate... but in your experience, would you say that window of rate is generally 10%-20% project depending, or more towards 15%-30%?

I personally concur .. they charge 6k to join the club they bring in folks who have no experience and set them lose.. with so called training..

experience: I’m on my 3rd flipage: early 40sday job: brand and web design/development retirement savings: noneI want to learn about buy and hold to secure having SOMETHING for retirement!

From my experience working with over 400 investors, those who start with house hacking scale much faster.Good luck!

Any advice or insights from your recent experiences would be greatly appreciated!

Questions they will have is who is the owner, what experience do they have, is their key person insurance against them etc. 

Does my experience resonate with yours?

I would love to speak with people that have experience in the area.If one of your friends would like to talk to me and share some advices it would be great :) 

I would love to talk with you to hear of your experience with him.