Because of the above reasons I decided not to attend college for a few years and focus all of my time and energy on real estate.  

The quicker you can get rid of him, the less energy you have to waste.  

Most likely the solution isn't to throw more money at "gurus," but is instead to put energy into getting your first (or next) deal.

I suggest you let this minor issue go and spend energy on finding more valuable deals, since reporting realtors for questionable violations is not going to make you any money unfortunately... don't get stuck in a rut and keep your patience and be ready to move on when a deal doesn't look like its going to pan out.

You solve the oil heat problem by calling PECO energy and asking what the cost of gas line installation would be.

Kern County is home to one of the biggest solar energy projects in the States right now as well.  

Respectfully, I think you may be holding yourself back and you may benefit from placing your focus and energy (one in the same imho) on figuring out your ultimate goal(s) and reverse engineer from there.  

You don't need to say I'm totally crazy to try and skip small multifamily properties and focus energy on commercial real estate...

Great tip, I'll reach out to the energy company. 

That’s how you can use energy as an additional profit center even as a small landlord