Moving forward you should be vetting all the people you work with to make sure you don't have spend for what the ARV goal you're trying to hit.

Where can you find people that are at least a friend of a friend to reference first before trying strangers?

In my experience, people with an athletic or military background understand the value of hard work and also realize that consistency will bring results eventually.. every set back is an opportunity to learn, grow and get better for the next at-bat.Training and onboarding:As far as programs or tools, I've tried monitoring CRMs and more in-depth platforms (like Sisu) to track agent activities/KPIs.

One of the best strategies is using other people's money, like private lenders or seller financing.

For plans that will pay off later, get into house hacking, save money for a first payment, meet people in local real estate groups and find a mentor, and put money into things that earn without much work like stock index funds or ETFs.

Talk and connect with people who know about buying homes.

Welcome to BP - lots of great people on here that can likely help. 

Mostly just people looking for handouts so they don't have to work.

We talked to some people (banker, pm, etc) about a weekly rental property but seems it would make more sense if you wanted to use the place yourself and not too concerned with making money.

I've seen many owners in Vegas get big fines for operating illegal STRs.I own 2 STRs in Big Bear CA which is about 4 hours away from Vegas - aside from buying something you can add value to, I'd absolutely recommend not getting into somewhere too remote that it's hard to find good people who can work on it.