The GCs that are well known and have well established systems(ie. marketing, websites) are usually going to have higher marked up prices, especially if the GC usually does projects for non-investors.

A lot of information to fill the mind, and a lot to keep track of. 

I still had a lot to buy so I went home, scrolled through their website, picked out about $2500 worth of stuff and emailed it to him.

It's a lot to take in, but reading through the conversations there should give you a feel for the market and what sort of investing strategies are working there currently. 

After you have established a broker (if not already) I would start doing open houses for other agents on the weekends.

other than that you can talk to established wholesalers and buy their business but frankly they are not worth much .. other than buying a we buy ugly house franchise something like that. its just money.. lots of it to get any volume wholesaling. 

In five years, once well established, I'd move on.

Since your going to be living there with a roommate, you don’t have a whole lot to lose.

I think the clerk was wrong because she never paid me any rent so a landlord/tenant relationship was never established but I wasn't going to argue with the clerk so I just waited 27 more days then filed. 

BP has giving us a better understanding of rei but do understand we have a lot to learn.