[How I think it would go] -> You Find a House -> Contact Owner -> If Good Price buy it and finance it [I do not know how I go about buying the property] -> while financing find a buyer [Not yet sure how to find a buyer efficiently] -> Negotiate and Sell [Not sure on how to protect myself]So basically I just need to know what papers are involved, how do I get the papers, Who do I need to get the house in my hands and then gone.Thank you for any help in advance

But, I am new to real estate and have only looked at a handful of deals at this point so I figured I would ask here. 

Invest in a whole market index fund which will give you a steady return without any hands on management.

It can be helpful to have an authority figure like your closing attorney to explain the way deals are typically done with the Seller.We've put up earnest money deposits large and small, slowly and immediately to not only closing attorneys but also directly in the Sellers' hands.

A handful of blocks.

Basically, I am as hands on as I can be for the learning experience, but I am as off hands as I can be for the sake growing both of my businesses and so I can focus on investing in other markets. 

Here is the situation, I have a colleague who owns a handful of rentals and is looking to get out of handling them and retiring. 

At this point in the game I am not in the position to hand over my units to a property manager.

I assumed that wholesaling is the easiest to accomplish with a complete lack of capital as a beginning investor, however yesterday with 1 specific property I found, I find myself asking why would I want to hand this over to someone else, for a small fee, when my end game is to own property. 

@Steve B.There are no such thing as off handed remarks in real estate, you can be accountable for everything you say during a showing.