I’ve been laid off 3 times in the past 5 years due to the unstable oil field and I’m tired of putting forth my best efforts into a company that is going to let me go.

It IS a hassle at times, but still worth the effort.

Many people will also tell you a good umbrella liability policy is plenty of asset protection, and mucking around with complicated asset protection schemes isn't really worth the time, money, and effort.

To be an investor you first take the time and make the effort to position yourself financially.

-After reading several posts regarding the BRRRR cash flow, it seems that a $300/$400 cash flow average per month might be achievable...in order to make the effort worthy, this strategy needs to scale to many more properties (50-100+ rentals)...I am wondering how an investor can manage a bunch of rental properties scattered around a city?

I won't dissuade you from wholesaling here, but it might be a while before you find a deal as the market is saturated with flippers and wholesalers (unless you know the secret sauce for finding those deals).VA: no down payment needed.  

I'd love nothing more than to kick the rust off my fix-up & construction skills while seeing the efforts of sweat equity create something great.

When you see something that is best described as unique or has character, those are secret code words for good luck selling that. 

So I help folks fix their busted up credit on a fairly regular basis, I have a go-to credit fixer company that I'll use if I can't figure it out, bla bla bla.The truth is that FICO treats its exact algorithms as a trade secret.

I would still look at real estate the same meaning not worth my time or effort to even look into it.