This might be a reason for slowed growth. 

I feel that I should start out slow and go single family just to learn to be a landlord and the ins and outs of the business.

A wholesaler can bring you a good deal, but if the wholesaler is not in the business of renovations or even the "slow grind" of renting homes out, they may be fine with giving you a deal in exchange for their finders fee - typically around $5,000.

I am really great in my daytime career and have been highly compensated for my value that I put into reputable companies for several years.With that being said, I have been diving in deep in volume of knowledge from different parts of the Internet if you will about wholesaling.

@Nathan Brooks I have a pretty deep real estate and finance background with a heavy lean on REITs and online investing.

This doesn't actually decrease your legal exposure, but it makes a plaintiff less likely to want to sue you because they'd more likely to get a complete recovery from the tenant, so the landlord's pockets would be relatively less deep than the tenant's.

. $350K in lottery tickets maybe.Real estate investing is a slow path to financial success and, maybe possible in your time line, but extremely unlikely.I would suggest that real estate investing is a good plan, although more of a mountain trail than a road, but you will need to seriously re-evaluate your time line.

Don't let the lack of funds hinder your progress or slow you down.

Maybe I'm looking too deep into this after only 2 days of no response?

I'd say it works out to $20 an hour for them.It can, of course, vary wildly - I've spent $250 to deep clean just a kitchen, and I've spent $800 to trash out a backyard.This doesn't include any repairs necessary - painting touch ups, replacing damaged fixtures, landscaping, etc.