House Flippers Caused the US Housing Market Crash.It suggests that it was not subprime borrowers with bad credit who caused the crash, but investors, based on the fact that the great expansion of credit happened with people who had good to excellent credit.What do you think about this argument?  

You might need to brace yourself for some (more) hard-hitting responses suggesting reality checks.My own advice is: please do NOT rely on turnkey providers to get you closer to your future goals, for the simple reason that ALL the cream will already have been taken out of any profit, by you buying properties off THEM!

Does anyone have any suggestions on what I should do next?

This makes the investment very passive for you as everything will be taken care of.I would suggest looking at:The Best Types of Markets for Profitable Turnkey PropertiesandWhat to Ask When Working With a Turnkey Provider

Does anyone have any suggestions for lenders that may be a good fit for us?

Are there any suggestions out there as far as getting an fha loan to purchase a duplex (through a real agent) rent out one of the units, house hack it, live in it through whatever time I need to according to fha, re-finance (pull money out the house assuming the property has appreciated) and then sell it?

Does anyone have any suggestions as to a good market to do some property searches in?

Thanks again for the suggestions everyone.One thing, will you ever be able to find out what percent you got on the exam? 

If you want to purchase a home to live in, I suggest getting out of debt first.

Besides flying out to the state, or waiting on the inspection, or using WeGoLook.com does anyone have a suggestion?