It sounds like you may be able to find an excellent deal just outside the bounds of The Villages with Andrea. 

I'm making this my year to become educated enough to be able to start and excel in my real estate career and maybe even buy my first property.

I have rented to great tenants for years that had a little pet and had excellent credit.

Investopedia has great videos that describe concepts for beginners.

I came across a video that you can form an Manager Managed LLC (well call LLC A) in another states such as Delaware in order to be more anonymous when it comes to asset protection. 

It seems that Brandon Turner mentioned in his YouTube video  Enid being the best cash flow city in the state of Oklahoma.

So excellent that many top corporations put all their managers through the training. 

I would give Global Title a try, they are excellent.

But there is a lot to consider of course, Brandon Turner sums it up very well in this video: https://youtu.be/9Ol2W8SE8b8This is a bit high level, but hope it gives you at least a starting point.

We also have excellent credit, good relationships with Hard Money lenders, and access to approximately 100K credit for rehabbing.