HUD/FHA guidelines permit the borrower to do their own work as long as they are skilled, qualified, and have experience for the type of rehab the borrower wants to do. 

Feel free to reach out, I'm open to working with others to help fine tune and sharpen our collective skills.

I'd focus on honing your skills where you are. 

I'm looking forward to learning as much as I can about real estate investing and developing the skills I need to build my real estate business when I graduate college.

Since it's a commission deal, almost any broker will take on a junior with skills and aggression and goals.

Unfortunately like many things this skill takes time to develop yourself.You can also try the BP method for quick calculations when running multiple properties.

Have you considered all the overhead cost and management skills needed to be a broker?

Or maybe you want a property management group to give you passive income in a buy and hold.Personally, I love starting out with the classic house hack because it provides a multitude of skills essential for attaining my goals.

The risk of BK could over come the marginal return, they could be looking at RE as a good place to store money and making it could take a back seat, or they could simply not have the knowledge skills and abilities of someone like yourself. 

We will hire the skilled labor when needed.