With this rates so high I’m not Looking for make Money out of it, more to pay it’ self. my down payment will be around 40% to make the number work.

Only manage high luxury properties, they've done an excellent job with some Oregon Coast STR's. 

He said the reason why the community is as high as the price tag is because of the networking opportunities and connections you can make with wealthy capital partners that you would not be able to find anywhere else, unless you did it yourself which he said would take many years without joining his community.

While I have sufficient capital to undertake 1 or 2 flips at a time, the high cost of properties in the DMV area makes scaling challenging without resorting to interest-based financing.Is this feasible, or is it a stretch?

They’re highly focused and highly effective.

I highly recommend the 90 day apprentice for self starters.

HELOCs and HELOANs do exist for rental, but with prime so high and secondary tier of LLPAs associated with these programs, you'll be above 10-11% all day.

With that being said, I would highly recommend against investing in Newark.

This is almost like saying you open a restaurant and need to make separate bank accounts for payroll, utilities, customers, taxes, insurance, repairs, supplies, food, etc....Learn to do some bookkeeping and it will make your life, and your accountant's/cpa's life much easier. 

Why are your rates so high?