I've got mentors who indicate that I'll need to offer on multiple deals per week to build up a pipeline of steady deals which makes absolute sense once the business is up and going. but for my first deal should I follow that advise?

If offer is accepted, you have 48 hours to submit the wet-ink paperwork to the regional office (PA is the one for me), along with the EMD stated in the contract ($1,000) If you choose not to take the property, you are not bound to anything, so you could walk away without penalty3. 

As for flipping, that is usually an early strategy for people with a buy and hold mentality and is used to build up funds to buy properties.

You can defer the payments, forbearance, income based repayment, etc as you continue to build up your business.

My overall goal is to invest in single family homes, move from one to the other and build up to between 4 to 10 properties.  

This is a great way to build up you IRA.

My main reason for looking into hard money lenders was because i was thinking about getting into brrrr deals to build up my properties faster just not sure if it was to high risk to start off with as i don't have all that much equity and funding as of now in case something in the project didn't go as planned.

My name is Peg Graveline and I am also very interested in doing build up construction focusing on the need for assisted living facilities.

My plan is to start off as a wholesaler and build up some money to get into fix and flips.

Sometimes larger companies can take years before the buildup due to negotiations with local authorities.