Based on what you have said above, I would recommend the Multifamily Bootcamp. 

It's not unusual for it to take 30 days or so to land your first midterm rental.

But every other month we are at about $2000-3000 surplus.If we stay or buy a second home and rent 1st, the difference is about $1000 in our pockets.I don't want to make an untimely decision on buying home by missing some kind of interest rate change, based on short term financial struggles when 10's of 1000's of $$$'s could be made.

I'm a land broker in Southern California. 

To experienced investors, I'm a RN based in Fishers, spent the last two years traveling.  

It really depends on what you prefer, some prefer crypto currency (not me), I prefer private lending / mortgage notes and structured it in a way where there is no ordinary income taxation on it, so it is treated as a qualified dividends.You can invest in anything / any type of business, it really is based on what YOU want to invest in.

A good realtor (which is sometimes hard to find) is a great resource to estimate current property value and ARV, however, remember that they are going to give their opinion based on what they see on the market.

There are many paths, but just getting on the road, hitting a single to get on base, anyway you find fit to add value to you and others is the best way to get going.

I'm a Longmont based investor/agent and have been hosting a monthly REI meetup in Longmont for a few years now.

I have met a lot of people but I have always wanted to start a group network in miami, which is where I am based.