@Anthony Dadlani With having done minimal investing years back I am always driving County to county meeting Seniors.

Most HML and PML (hard money and private money lenders) are all about minimizing the risk of losing their money, so it's up to you to show them how you plan to a) protect their investment, b) responsibly out their money to good use, and c) provide an agreeable rate of return. 

People with 2 or 3 mortgage payments, all reporting current and never late, are almost always in the high 700s, often into the 800s.Folks with minimal credit  history because they think having their credit pulled 'hurts' their credit (without considering the relatively MASSIVE benefit of the subsequent on-time payment history, especially for installment debt [less so for revolving debt]) are in the 600s, low 700s.

I would say it’s best to diversify a portfolio with stocks, bonds and alternative investments like real estate as you want to maximize reward with minimal risk (modern portfolio theory)

Part of me wants to just rip it all up and the other wants to minimally cut and maintain what I’ve got now (will be a big hurdle at first and not sure how it will look afterwards).

I only get minimal leads which leads to less deals and less flips lets say I can only do 2 and make $50k in that same year.

I know I’m going to make mistakes, but I would like to minimize those mistakes as much as possible by finding a mentor.

I assume this helps provide some filtering of those serious and those who aren't plus some minimal income that helps offset the assessment time involved also. 

I expect to use the income from flips to grow my landlord portfolio but I realize I am about to generate taxes at a new and frightening pace and want to make sure I minimize the liability as much as legally possible by being set up correctly and using the right accounting software that will allow me to track multiple flips at the same time and account for rental income.

Originally the plan was to get into an SFH or duplex and househack so I can minimize mortgage payments and start building some equity.However, with work being remote now I'm wondering what more experienced investors would advise in my particular situation.