None of that matters unless you find a deal and you will just be spending time, mental energy doing research that you cannot use yet.There are many many ways that you can go about finding deals.

The technical term for what you'd be looking for is a REI Consultant, and while I am and have been one for some years I couldn't even tell you how to find a legitimate one because I never set out to do this I literally feel into this and it just created itself and I do 0 advertising, marketing or promoting of any kind what so ever, I am 100% referral based. 

Next buying a home for $50k in almost any city will most likely cost you more then double in maintenance costs, vacancy, and most importantly mental stress and your lost time.

Yes, I can talk about an off market property to my clients one on one but I can't promote blindly without being subject to that new rule.

If you want to get fancy you could offer some split up to a certain IRR and then some other more promoter-friendly split thereafter. 

One Bigger pockets moderator promoted that Bigger Pockets is for beginners. 

My current day job is consistent and provides such a healthy environment for me mentally, physically and financially.

My wife may have an opportunity to take a promotion to one either Charlotte or the Raleigh-Durham area and we're trying to do as much research and consider all factors into what may be the best decision. 

I felt guilty taking days off, but it's very important for your mental health imo.

The people I have seen who do it full time either (1) have very little personal overhead and live a minimalist lifestyle or (2) do it as a sidebar to fix n flip or (3) spend a LOT of money on marketing, promotion, advertising, systems, CRM, networking, education, and business development.