My search may be able to come to an end. 

As a student, I do not have the means to invest myself however, I am searching for someone that has spent time in the industry and would be open to sharing the lessons they have learnt.

There about 100 million posts about “what should I do with X amount of money” so I’d recommend utilizing the search function to find those and read them.

@Jon Roland - Currently I am searching MLS only... - Currently I am not purchasing real estate ;-) 

It is fairly common but not all lenders do it, it will be harder if there are multiple owners of the LLC especially if they are not immediate family.For future reference when tagging someone type the @ symbol then the first few letters of their name, then select it from the drop down, this way they will get notified when you mention them.

It had a quit claim deed attached to it so we had a title search done.

I've been dragging my feet searching for places myself for about a year and a half, and am finally realizing that the next steps are to find a realtor and lender. 

You could always search a source like Angie's List, Porch, or Houzz.

Chapt 2-1I was curious and only briefly searched and I am not affiliated with the Army (just a wierdo that likes looking up laws).Looks like it is prohibited as a conflict of interest.

Understand that we will be more "high maintenance" during our search because we will likely want to look at more properties in a day and for many days.