When you look at any type of sales position first thing they will tell you is “know your product”If you do not know the home - meaning what is it worth as is, how much does it need in repairs and what is the exit value - I can’t see how someone will be successfulI also see people take mls properties and get them under agreement to wholesale and maybe hit a deal here or there / but my guess for these people is similar to those that start dropshipping companies and everything else they tell you can be done with no moneyIt never gets off the ground and if they spent that time getting another job they would have a lot more money .

Networking with investor friendly agents that have local connections is a good start

Interesting. never looked at Zigbee. my day job is IT and connecting to wifi or this Zigbee hub should not affect power usage.

Fortunately, I have a connection in Colorado who is a general contractor (GC), and I engaged their services for the renovation.

You also want to make sure the househack is worth it, and that you'll be breaking even while you live there. 

would like to connect with anyone willing to share any knowledge or how to experience with a beginner to real estate investing.

Nevertheless, I'm happy to connect and discuss investment strategies that my team and I have seen work well in ATL. 

I appreciate that, but I also want to be able to do a very quick swag when doing some deal analysis to even decide if it may be worth further exploring.See this following discussion that I thought was somewhat helpful:https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/24/topics/1174379-rehab...Your description sounds similar to what this thread describes as "Light Rehab"? 

While I continue working on deals myself, I'd love to get first-hand experience in the realm of syndications and was hoping some people would be open to connecting and discussing their experience further.

Hey Jason I sent you a connect request off a different post.