The illegal unit was discovered and ordered removed after the building dept came inspected and issued violations.

I wrote a blog post about the approach I'm taking and I've shared the link below. 

In terms of RE investing, perhaps this article will help: https://www.biggerpockets.com/member-blogs/10850/86621-six-steps-approach-to-getting-started-in-real-estateBest of luck!

A lot of forum members are very knowledgeable in their respective fields related to real estate investing, whether that is real estate sales, wholesaling, flipping, rentals, lending, self-directed IRA and Solo 401k investing, or tax and legal guidance.Discounts on some products and services are offered to BP members: https://www.biggerpockets.com/perks/proIf you haven’t been to it already, you might want to check out the BP blog: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/The site has quite a few tools that can be helpful for new members.

Also discovered prices for brand new mobile homes with same specs at the same wholesale price I would've paid.

However, based on the data you have there could be a lot of use cases to streamline that process.A great resource for data is using an API, I like realtor API for information on multi-family properties - https://rapidapi.com/blog/best-real-estate-apis/.Benefits of ML:- Removes the manual effort of filtering and searching- Can find patterns in large sets of data- Adaptable to changing environments- Results in actionable insightsSome ML use cases:- Prediction - Identify a home's value price based on a dataset of comparables (similar to zillow's zestimate).

Do they have a blog or podcasts?

Sites such as Instagram, Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter, Youtube, Pinterest and blogs can all be all be useful tools is connect with the right tenant.

A lot of forum members are very knowledgeable in their respective fields related to real estate investing, whether that is real estate sales, wholesaling, flipping, rentals, lending, self-directed IRA and Solo 401k investing, or tax and legal guidance.Discounts on some products and services are offered to BP members: https://www.biggerpockets.com/perks/proIf you haven’t been to it already, you might want to check out the BP blog: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/The site has quite a few tools that can be helpful for new members.

(A lot of this plan has changed since I discovered the @BiggerPockets .com group recently) I was originally thinking to use my VA Loan to get into properties with little down and do 2 year flips and then "sell" or "transfer" the property deed to my partners name to free up my available VA loan to purchase a 2nd property in Hawaii (I lived in Hawaii for 3 years and have solid connections and visit often) which would be Multi-Family Unit and allow me to rent out the other units full time and possibly do short term rentals in our unit when we are not on the island.After joining the BP group I have since learned there are many other resources and quicker outcomes than in my original rough draft plan.