I have been reading personal finance books for several years now and have decent control of my money but not much experience in the world of real estate apart from investing in REITs and renting out bedrooms in my house (purchased in 2021). 

Check with a local title company and ask if they'll insure title and if so what would the requirements be. 

I would not every recommend working with this company, they promise you the world and don't deliver.

My goal is to have a property where I can put 5-20% down, and be able to airbnb it to cover a decent chunk of the mortgage payment and be able to visiting a couple months of the year.If anyone has any experience with this I would greatly appreciate to connect with someone!

Decent financial returns but an amazing learning experience Lessons learned?

I won't be able to invest for another 5-7 years since my wife and I are working on paying off debt and saving up for a down payment on our own home here in Florida, but real estate really interests me so I am trying to learn as much as I can so that when we do decide to dive into it, hopefully there will be several things that I have a decent base in.

I have partnered with an investor company that teaches wholesaling for beginners. 

I also use a property management company Elite Class.

You must of gave them great instructions and have decent systems in place.That is overall a net-positive.

Of course not.If you consider the fact that if you have no money, you would be better off going to McDonald's, getting a job, working for 4 months saving up a decent marketing budget, and THEN attempting wholesaling, your chances of success FAR supersede the chances of doing what is cheap (but with a terrible success rate).People, understand this.You do not seek success based on what you have.You need to figure out WHAT YOU NEED to become successful and get it.