Attended a few local REIAs.

I recommend attending your local investment meet-up to find the right wholesaler in your market.

A garage that is not properly insulated may be uncomfortable to live in and may not meet local building codes for habitation.Heating and cooling: In order to make the garage comfortable to live in, you will need to install heating and cooling systems.

Are you investing locally, or are you open to investing out-of-state?

I mainly do buy and hold, but have started to look into BRRRR more given the local market conditions.

I am very passionate about real estate investing, my wife supports it but isn't really actively involved in the real estate investing.

Start local.

Right now, I'm actively searching for a property to house-hack and I know I wouldn't be at this point without the Rookie Bootcamp..

I do see where it asks me to check the box if I am an active real estate professional, but that looks like it requires 750 hours in a year of work, and I probably had more like 500 or so all together.

Pure rental activity is considered to be passive by the IRS.