Does this plan seem sound to someone with experience in this field?

Your best bet is to spend the time networking and making more connections in the wholesale and real estate field since you can't do that first flip on your own.

I did not really learn anything until I was in the field and started drinking from the firehose of experience. 4) BE CAUTIOUS OF MANY LENDERS.

We're one of the fastest growing cities, We have one of the youngest populations of wealthy and educated people and our high paying Bio & Tech fields (new jobs/careers created) are set to explode over the next decade.Not to mention better weather than other major markets priced higher than we are, w/ more potential.

This is by no means my core field, I just do this for fun.  

Those aren’t my field, so will defer to others on those.  

It's been awesome to meet local investors and real estate professionals in my area and I look forward to working with a lot of people in this field.

Enter the next challenging dynamic:  the way our peripheral cities are developing:  Buy Field, Develop, Build. 

Thanks for your insight, it seems you have a lot of experience in the field.

After engineers, I feel like those in the medical field and also maybe accountants delve into real estate the most.