With the several paths that a real estate investor can take, I see a future of various possibilities where I learn how to profit personal my personal affinities, thus solving my issue of getting bored and losing drive and focus.Recently I went through a divorce.

Welcome to BP - Charlotte has a great real estate investing community both on here and in person events

I was confused about how to file taxes and separate tax deductibles from personal and business filing, as a H1B holder.

It also feels more personal with the video.

@Kaitlyn Alibrando your challenge is deciding how much you're willing to spend vs expecting perfection for free.

I personally outsource our cold calling for $20 an hour to a company out of puerto rico.

Only your personal credit score, photo ID and two months of bank statements are what is asked of you (as far as personal info). 

I personally would not use leverage in dying cities and areas that had no growth.

I personally think it's easier to get a general contractor's license (especially here in Chicago - it's almost sad how easy it is), but that just means there are a lot of bad contractors.Almost all states require architects to take a state licensing exam and need to have a bachelors degree in similar field to even take the test.I found for me, if I can just find people who are really good at what they do (and enjoy it) I can let them do that and I can just focus on finding deals and building the team.  

more than likely you will need to speak to the land groups of home builders or the land and development groups of multifamily buying groups and most are going to be publicly traded. make sure you have enough housing units. if you provide more info I can help out. there's a million different niches in development and more than likely less than 10 buyers for what you are talking about in any niche. we just reached out to Greystar for apartment development site we are putting together that is a vertical development. we called their office for the midwest and messaged every single person on their team on linkedin. put the effort in and you'll get results.