People are getting greedy, and agents are allowing it to happen.

This is different than your situation because we are building a business together whereas you might just be partnering this one time.In your situation you should still consider allowing your "partners" to share in the profit, but on a much smaller scale.

I was going to purchase a property from Equity Pro but circumstances would not allow me to do proper due diligence.

If allowed by your lender (if one is involved), figure out the estimate of damages and have the title company place it in an escrow account pending the damage to be fully repaired (would suggest holding a bit more than the actual estimate to cover the unforseen).  

I have been attending the SavannahREIA and have the AtlantaREIA  and other Meetup.com event my schedule allows on my radar.

I fully fund a 401K, put what's allowed into a Keogh, and try to take the "right" amount of debt on my income properties to offset the taxable operating income.   

There is a funding fee, closing costs and the like, but the VA loan allows you to wrap them all into the loan.

@David Carte The lease says Landlord allows reasonable subleases.

My second goal is to create an income stream that will surpass my previous employments, which will allow me to stay home with my kids and keep a flexible work schedule.

-I am in the process of acquiring a high-quality software that allows virtual staging from real photographs of a room/property.