It's simply a matter of what you choose. 

If the numbers don't work it simply just isn't a deal.

Once in awhile I will work on the projects myself and for awhile I employed 2 people to cut the costs of subs, however after operating that way for about a year I found it was wiser to cut the two employees loose and operate with subs exclusively.

Are they going to mentor you for free or do they plan on taking a cut of every closing you do?

We financed a very large air B and B in big bear with tons of views and amentities the revenue took a 50 percent cut.

This way we receive any proceeds from the sale up to our payoff amount or whenever we cut the bit off at, then the h o a receives the rest.

This way, if the roommate wasn't really meshing well in the house--but didn't do anything that you could legally evict for--I could simply give a 30-day notice to vacate.

Simply put, I am more than eager to learn as much as I can and begin moving forward with this, but am not quite sure how.

this is a common theme of course on BP its pretty much every day.and you pretty much have all those that live in a market target a market .I like @James Wise cut and paste responses he does .. he nails it well and its worth cut and pasting every time someone ask the same question that has been asked 1000 times.I like to Add James that when going out of market.. also if you simply buy at the median price points of any given MSA your buying in an area were you have a lot of homeowners buying generally... so you get a mix of cash flow and appreciation and or more important you have a defined exit IE you can sell to a homeowner as opposed to buy at the bottom of the price point and the only out is to an investor..And Frankly your company is kind of a unicorn in the US.. there are not many companies like yours that specialize in reselling these assets for individual owner/investors. 

Others entry points could be the BRRRR method, or even buying a house and simply renting rooms to get started as a landlord.