If you know of any good books, articles, or forums to read up on please refer those as well.

That’s the ideal place to house hack as @scott trench’s book is all about

Read too much Bigger Pocket and get sucked into thinking Books and Podcasts are all that's needed to succeed. 

Plus, you have risk of being a principal in the transaction as a wholesaler.One could (and some may say should), consider converting your presentation to motivated sellers to a listing presentation and not offer to buy it yourself at all.For example, with your managing broker's permission, you could get either a full listing contract and market the property properly, get your seller maximum dollar (whether that's to an investor buyer or owner occupant buyer).

I'm 28 years old, I've got a great job, I've read all the good books, I've got the right mindset, I've listened to about 150 episodes so far and I'm ready to embark on my real estate investment journey.

I spend about 10 to 12 hours a day on the Internet, 7 days a week, as well as reading a book about every two weeks.   

The Broker charged a reasonable fee for the transaction which I passed onto the client.

Best case scenario is keeping all REI related transactions in their own accounts so that you can track them easily.

In 2016, I read a book that got me on the real estate bug( Wife already knew the secret).

Also the end developers in most cases are large corps .. it cuts down on their risks and keeps raw un-entitled land off of their books