There are numerous ways to replace your career with real estate, but it's finding the one that matches your skillset.Happy to connect and talk through it!

There are numerous ways that you can document your intent on a property-by-property basis.  

At one point our fraternity house was in Wesleyville, which is where numerous fraternity/sorority houses and renters lived.

This platform offers numerous resources so definitely take advantage of it all.

Yeah, could be numerous trees, welcome to Washington.

We have contacted numerous lenders requesting 100% purchase and rehab and gap funding to cover all additional costs.  

Get that plan in place, give us some actual numerical information, and you can get a lot better and more specific advice. 

Especially considering your proximity to the city the prices are very high.I have purchased a Condo for just around 100k at Sheriff Sale and flipped it getting a great return to my fund.Additionally you can get started with numerous sub to deals, this was how I got started.  

Maybe think about taking contractor #1 to court.Did you get (legal under local law) lien releases from both contractors and their subs and suppliers before releasing partial finish draw pay?

There are numerous books/courses that talk about the major personality types.