Then you can read a more in-depth book like The Book On Rental Property Investing by Brandon Turner or The Unofficial Guide to Real Estate Investing by Spencer Strauss.You need to get a firm grasp on two things: the ways to make money with real estate, and how to find deals that match your goals.P.S.

can you layout your typical transaction with these folks its unclear from your post how these were set up.. are you a borrower and they are the first position lender on flip deals ???

For the first few, having a GC work with me, I think it will allow me to get a better understanding of how to recognize scope of work.That said, how much are GCs charging for home flips? 

Here in Colorado, you need to have a real estate license, and in order to get your license you need to go through what basically amounts to an apprenticeship for two years (associate), before you can have your own firm.  

Where is this property and how much is it renting for? 

Although, I am very interested in learning about real estate full time but not willing to make it a business.

You may want to read up on wholesaling as a way to generate some capital.

See what a difference it will make for people to know you have 13 years in.

The additions they put in to make extra bedrooms take away the standard livable areas you would find in a typical SFR.

For example, I want to make 100,000 this year in flipping homes.