I've heard of mentees who started cleaning up construction areas on a flip at the end of each work day or picking up supplies at Home Depot and delivering them to the job site.

So the plan is to try and pick up this plot of land for 80-100k.

When you buy through a wholesaler you should have gotten title insurance which should have picked up on subdivision issue.

I've seen modern $5,000 couches for less than $1,000, but then coordinating pick up and doing the task was a mission in itself.

What are some careers paths or jobs that allow me to pick up experience that will help in real estate investing while working for someone else? 

Regular smoke detector does not pick up the smoke.  

<<Space shuttle blows up>>Houston: " Pick 7 more astronauts, put them in that rocket and send an other one up. 

The post office has been at this location for 80 years and all of the residents need to pick up their mail from the Post Office, there is no delivery. 

But... the market is very, very tough right now, and what I tell everyone in your position is: if you're serious about it, you have to pick a market, go to it in person, and be willing to spend time in it in person, building a network and getting to know it. 

But as a matter of policy, I just tell everyone that actually applied (that I didn't pick) that I rented the apartment to "another qualified candidate".