In my very humble opinion, given your families expertise as tradesmen, taking advantage of historically low conforming rates, with limited down, on a heavy rehab project, may make a lot of sense.

Any RE Book which professes to teach RE Investing, in my HUMBLE opinion, and does not go into things like Discounted Cashflow (DSR), Rates of Return (ROR) and Future Value.... well.... they are really just Motivational Books with possible some good tidbits here and there.Another great Math Calculations to fully understand is the Math behind the Mortgage.

I’m a relatively humble/modest person and therefore prefer friends, family, and the world in general not to be able to know exactly how much property I own. 2. 

Be humble, it will go far.     

I am humbled that a lot of you were able to get something out of the interview. 

Stay humble, discipline.

So I've  been so diligent in my study of real estate investing for the previous 3 months or so and have wanted to get into real estate since I was 16. However life choices hampered those plans which were not so well l...

This would accomplish part time flexibility as well as front line knowledge, just my humble opinion

I am a W2 employee as well, and (humbly stated) make enough money to where I cannot write off the losses from my two rental properties (in each tax year), but on the flip side I stop paying SS around September of each year. 

Be humble and find good honest people to work with.