Hi Chad, welcome to the game!

You need to have a good foundation and solid game plan to succeed!  

So my hubby and I made the tough decision to move back to his home town in MI while continuing his flourishing business remotely here in CA so we can jump into this Real Estate game quicker.

I didn't get one minute of sleep last night because I had an idea about how a seller could finance my "skin in the game".

What area will you be in?? I

This leaves out those brokers who  churn investors money to repurchase a note, it's the shell game.   

Ideally I'd love to get a one-on-one with someone in the wholesaling game(that's the best way I learn).

Makes the market hard for 1st timers to get in, I would say whole properties are not even a deal anymore, due to the mark up on them.

In Milwaukee our basements are cinder block that gets pushed in. I

Do the long game and figure out your WHY.