Build your skills in Due Diligence, make sure you have a solid investment package for a potential investor - give them numbers: repair estimates, After Repair Value, Comparables sale prices, Potential ROI etc

Then, I'd get reps and experience in my first deal, then second, and so on until I am hitting a higher ROI through a focused and skilled approach based off what I value.I hope this is useful, Shawn! 

You have to honestly assess your knowledge and skill level and determine if you will be able to successfully acquire and operate this asset. 

To plan this route you need to account for how much cash you have to invest, how much time are you willing to dedicate, how much knowledge do you have, what skills could you provide, what aspects interest you, and what you want to achieve.

Sounds like a mash of aesthetics to attract and conveniences to retain.

I started out working business development for Marcus & Millichap (helped my sales skills and gen. real estate finance), did acquisitions and project management for a small real estate developer (learned acquisitions, increased my renovation knowledge), was an underwriter for Fund That Flip (developed strong real estate analysis skills), have been an agent for 3 years (gen. real estate sales understanding), and have flipped two properties on my own successfully and have 3 more in renovation currently.I launched my own company and now work full-time as an investor. 

Long-term, I would like to build some serious wealth, and I look at the first deal or two as a way to start developing the skills to do so. 

Instead, know your skills and your abilities and use that to help them and propose what you could do to help.

Find a way to leverage your skills in exchange for learning.

At your age and with your dad's remodeling connections, I'd learn a skilled trade (electrician, plumbing, HVAC etc.) that would put you front and center for lots of renovation projects.