Would like to meet with you Martin and others from Bigger Pockets.

Hello @Nicholas Richard Ray and welcome to Bigger Pockets.

I do plan on speaking with a tax accountant in the near future to discuss some of these topics but I figured I would reach out to the Bigger Pockets community first.

You wont know until you ask.As far as the hard money lenders (similar but not the same as private lenders), there are several listed here in the Bigger Pockets under the tab "Tools" in the option labeled "Hard Money Lenders".Some of the previous responses gave you some very good options.

I believe LandlordLocks are UltraMax cores ... keyway is compatible with Kwickset (and some Weiser locks), but is not compatible with Schlage, Yale or {obviously} Abloy.Though LandlordLocks is not presently a cost effective option for us here in Canada, I like them for apartment complexes with interior corridors - the bigger the building, the more they can reduce costs and ease turnover.  

Jeff MacDonald  Hi, Jeff, great to meet you on Bigger Pockets.

Wholesaling without a license doesn't seem to have a legitimate place in the bigger picture other than investors offloading unimproved properties they actually own already.

If you are committed to selling your home on your own, however, there are a lot of established feeds on Bigger Pockets that will give you the best practices for doing so.

@Joseph Vasquez, Welcome to Bigger Pockets.

I found dozens and dozens of Podcasts, I listened to a few and then found Bigger Pockets, which I related to best for some reason.