Maybe meet up for coffee to hear about their portfolio and what they've learned. 

The city WILL find out about them eventually.We are doing +30 days, which is considered MTR... totally legal.

The unlicensed guys are unlicensed for a reason.It is probably not even legal for an unlicensed handyman to do a project like this.

Here goes:  Liability coverage is something like you were "negligent" (which is a legal term, but using it that way). 

Hi Dylan, it's great to meet you and if you have any questions about Chattanooga feel free to ask.

5) Consider meeting with a few agents in your area even if you are just getting started!

if someone is paying for it then it could be a good experience and the people you meet could maybe help you later in your career but I would not say that being an interior designer will significantly change your flipping career enough to invest 4 years on it.

But my understanding is also that there can be tremendous tax benefits / write offs when it comes to real-estate.I am looking for more guidance from professionals on how to structure my investments and how I could potentially harness the power of depreciation and write-offs to legally save money on my active earned income.

There you will meet like minded folks with PM companies also.

Examples of pitfalls include purchasing in an undesirable area, not understanding the market values (vs. list prices), not knowing the rental values (current and market), inheriting bad tenants, buying a lemon, going rogue on renting and management with no contacts / systems / no legal understanding of PA and Municipal landlord-tenant laws, not having trusted resources and contractors in place, using out of state lenders or shaky financing, throwing lipstick on a pig when renovating a house and wondering why it's ARV isn't increasing, tenants are renting, etc.