With skills like yours you should get connected to a REIA in your area and find someone to work with.  

What is your secret sauce or what skills do you have in your toolbox that help you acquire these properties at discounts? 

Early investing builds equity, generates income, and teaches property management skills, but may strain finances.

I’m about to relocate to Ocean County, NJ, specifically around the Howell/Brick area, due to my fiancé’s one-year medical residency.I’m interested in investing in a single-family home or duplex that I could live in for about one to three years, ideally within a 15-mile radius of Jersey Shore and Newark Beth Israel hospitals.

I have a very diverse skill set - most importantly, good professional communication, process development, an financial literacy.

It also has 2 hospitals, one of which is adding a medical school.

By the looks of this property, it looked like these needles were being used for medical purposes.

and see what skills you might have to add some value as a side hustle.Things started to happen organically as I got more involved in the Chicago real estate market, and I am confident they will for you, too!

But my background and experience is in Business Development, and Marketing Strategy in close integration with sales, so I figure I at least have some transferable skills that'll allow me to make the most out of property as an asset class.

However, I have almost no trade skill knowledge so I'm looking at demo, cleanup, yard work, etc. type of jobs.