At the present time I need to participate virtually.

There is a wealth of knowledge here and virtually anything you can think of has already been addressed and discussed.Good luck and congrats on deciding to start your investing journey!

But also continue to virtually attend whatever meet-ups you were.

Have gained a lot from the virtual events this fall and am hopeful for post-holiday events to continue the real estate journey in 2021. 

The house pulls in $430 per room, will be locked in with cosignment from parents (student rentals) with rent on ACH/autopay schedule.The home is going to be rented from June 1st - May 1st, and there will be virtually no vacancies (this will be club on campus house, which I have personal connections to)The question is this: We have the ability to utilize a VA loan and purchase the house, with this option the mortgage is roughly $1100 monthly, we will be pulling in $3000 roughly in revenue, so between mortgage, insurance, and taxes the costs is $1100, with other expenses applied it will be roughly $800-900 positive cash flow monthly. 

Or is this more of an art form?

There is a virtual meetup this Saturday. 

Tell John what you're good at, and I can virtually guarantee you that you will get more business from John than you give to John, and it'll be by like 50% or something, b/c this is so uncommon in our industry.

Learning to first Master the art of finding good deals, any tips?

REIAs and investment groups/clubs/meetups: due to covid these are mostly virtual now nut you should still attend and let people know you have a deal available