Do keep reading and participating in the forums.You might also find a local, seasoned, successful real estate investor and see if s/he will allow to you to tag along and learn in exchange for offering some skill (accounting, carpentry, landscaping, etc) you can contribute ... or, general labour.

Someone with skill and wisdom, who works with you to pass it on and help you develop into the best version of yourself you can be in this business.

Sure, free sucks, however, you're trading your basic skills for (I'm assuming) their experience.

@Greg Dickerson you do make a good point, establishing the skills and channels necessary to find deals will be valuable regardless of whether I'm wholesaling or flipping.I will explore that option a bit more and continue networking and learning along the way.

•Completed a realtor class through Long and Foster and need to take PSI to get the Realtor license •Have about 20K in savings •Goal is to buy a 200K house(Northern VA) this winter and rehab/Flip by spring 2020Mainly Looking for •How to acquire funding for a purchase/rehab•A mentor to guide through the processAny tips, courses, skills or anything else would be great!

60k purchase price, which we used private money from friends to buy, an estimated 15,500 in construction materials and a potential 115,000 sale price. my contribution to the deal is my labor and skill!

partnership consist of a cousin who is skilled in rehab and maintenance, mom who has credit and investing money to put in, and me to handle administration and hunt for deals. we are putting in the same amount of money and loan from hard moneyquestions:-how to best structure the deals-if he is doing the rehab: how should that be approached- from an investment and payment for rehabbing the house/deal (s)-legalities that should be covered-any other recommendations...thanks in advance

Build your portfolio and presentation skills. 3.

What we have found is apartment syndication is definitely a team sport made up of several individuals with different skill sets that we can all bring to the table! 

And now, a quote that seems written for you:  “A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor.”