I am extremely interested in pursuing a career in real estate.

What might help you for the next attempt is to read (BP's book written by yours truly--The Hands Off Investor), and network (join a community where investors discuss deals, trade advice and observations--coming soon will be Passive Pockets, an offshoot of BiggerPockets which recently acquired the popular passive investing group Left Field Investors).

During my sport career I did an MBA and after finishing my career I transitioned into real estate investing.

Hello Bigger Pockets folks,I’m an early career professional mechanical engineer (~8 years) hoping to learn the ways of real estate investing and make the ultimate pivot.

The year I flipped homes was some of the most challenging, fulfilling, and genuinely fun time I have had working in my career so far. 

Greg and his team have a unique system for fielding inquiries from landlords and tenants via call, text and email.

However, carefully consider the advantages and disadvantages of continuing your real estate investment career.

But we field calls several times a week from investors who fell into this trap.One very knowledgable and successful guy is @Travis Biziorek take his advice seriously. 

A lot of forum members are experts in their respective fields related to real estate investing, whether that is real estate sales, wholesaling, flipping, buy and hold investing, lending, self-directed IRA and Solo 401k investing, or tax and legal guidance.If you haven’t been to it already, the Bigger Pockets blog features links to their fantastic podcast and many great articles: https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/The site has quite a few tools that can be helpful for new members.

I live in California but i am familiar with the area since i started my career there.