-Coordinate inspection dates for properties with more than one upcoming inspection-Meet CHA inspectors at the siteWould be 50% working from Chicago Office & 50% field work.  

I would also encourage you to check out MetrolinaREIA and CharlotteREIA, there are also numerous groups to network via meetup.com. 

There are numerous posts on this site about financing real estate investments, but I think the basics are pretty straight forward.

On numerous occasions I have heard that if you don’t have any money to fund a deal, simply partner up with someone who can provide the funds and make a 50/50 split on the profits.My question on this approach is… How do I secure a deal from being swiped from underneath me, when I present it to other investors?

Real estate is learned in the field.

So, here I am trying to learn everything I can about real estate to see if this is a potential field that I would be good at and enjoy doing all the while.

I'm very interested in the field and I'm very excited to learn many things about real estate with BP.

What really motivated me in this field is that I made minor updates to my home and sold it for 20K over what I purchased it for!

your local realtor will likely have access to all of that data....if you would prefer to find it on your own their are numerous sources like realty trak, first american title has software for investors, zillow has some of that data... if you want list data i have used hoover lists for buying info for my targeted marketing.happy hunting... 

Typical situation is a subdivision which was outside the City service area for sewer, or for both water and sewer, when built and each house had its own well or own well and septic tank/field.