@Greg Romer I would suggest finding other like minded people by attending some meetup groups locally. 

As others have suggested, keep researching, reading, and even meet up with someone you know (friend or family member) that invests to see if they will let you shadow them through a deal or two. 

We as a firm have investors working with us who have rental properties all over the US big and small.Finding a real estate-focused tax professional and one who can help with advisory and grow with you would be my suggestion to focus your efforts on finding.

To add, higher prices for anything that is not in a war zone, leaves me wondering how do others make any money in this market. 

I wonder if they are just learning how to use it.Thanks for the perspective and glad to know my request wouldn't be completely out of line.

Any suggestions you may like to share? 

I'm in Houston, but I would suggest hitting some local meetups in your area.

any suggestions as to which direction to go here? 

I was just wondering if I would be able to get a solid deal considering my credit score is only 680 (I'm 18) and low amount of capital.

I was wondering if anyone who has invested with turnkey companies, if there were certain questions or checklists that you asked prior to investing?