in addition learning how to calm my mind by practicing mindfulness techniques has been instrumental in my personal growth.

They're willing to deal with making multiple offers to buy something, bargaining, walking away and coming back later, all kinds of negotiating techniques. 

Since we are pretty locked down, developing a marketing plan and practicing some of these techniques had been a way to fill the time and learn a lot for me.

Now that I’m aware of the Brrrrrrr technique I feel a little more comfortable jumping into the flip game since eventually I want to also hold a couple homes for rentals.

dont get me wrong there are a number of legit real estate courses out there, but none of them tie into those two techniques.

You get the principles of RE, legal aspects of general business/contract and RE law, local customs, math needed, appraisal techniques and valuations, contract reviews and the basic flow of a transaction (any transaction), you get standards of ethical conduct, an understanding of what others do, title searches, laws of agency relationships and how others involved in a transaction must operate.

The market is easily manipulated by the Fed as well as they can sell put at the bottom, it's very easy technique and they ack'ed as well.Don't believe the market as everything is pre-mediated.Fed wants a steady market crash, not a turbo super qick crash.

Find out what types of no money down techniques he is familiar with4.

But I would recomend getting your feet wet before dealing with hard money lenders (HML's) or atleast I'm not going to until I'm a little more confident in myself finding a REAL deal.There's also something called a "refi takeover" I'll copy and paste this process here (I did not write this):Seller “Refi” for TakeoverThis no-money-down technique is as amazing as it is simple.

Strategies do overlap from location to location so as you get more versed in real estate investing techniques, you'll be able to find deals in your neck of the woods more easily I would imagine.