Finally, my company (as example) will do Conventional loans for less than $50K, however, they can be difficult to do in when the purchaser is buying as a Primary (and I believe Secondary/Vacation)  properties due to "High Cost" rules by the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau.

A lot of big box is struggling as they need a much smaller space to operate than in the past and more local micro fulfillment centers to deliver fast to consumers.

Read your contractor's board consumer section.

I don't mess with banks because they take too long and are time consuming.

TSP, Roth IRA, consumer debt, credit score) but I never hear about the risk of a zero down VA loan.

Sleuthing is time consuming, so make sure the property is something you really want to pursue. 

The biggest flaw is there is a steep learning curve and a lot of the functionality is built for communicating with clients (homeowners), which isn't really applicable for flipping houses.Smartsheet/AirTable - Provide spreadsheet style platforms with additional functionalities for uploading documents/images, assigning tasks, calendar, images, etc...It sounds like you are sick of spreadsheets, but I developed a pretty crazy spreadsheet for managing projects which I am now transitioning into a web-based project management application as well.

Other disadvantages of traditional RE investments included more volatility, worse liquidity and limited opportunity to diversify the investment portfolio.Current property crowdfunding platforms try to solve all these problems because now investors are able to pool their money with other investors, thus considerably reducing the needed amount of investment and diversifying their portfolio.

Also remember that lower rent range properties statistically are more time consuming for management time.

A formal education can be valuable as you will need to educate yourself on the space one way or another prior to just jumping in but nothing can take the place of the experience gained by doing deals.Your options for obtaining experience are to continue your investing activities while educating yourself, hire a mentor to help you do a deal, passively invest in a development project and learn along the way or get a job working for a developer.Development is risky, difficult, time consuming and requires thick skin and a lot of capital but it is very rewarding in a lot of ways not just financially.