One of the ladies, Amanda couldn't keep her eyes open during our meet and greet, she continued to nod off and she is one of their tenured Property Managers.

If you’re going to finance through a bank the property has to meet spec.1.  

I would start speaking with residential / commercial agents and property management companies close by and get a feeling if something closer by will meet your criteria.

Nice to meet you I'm almost halfway through "The book on rental property investing" by Brandon Turner and it's really open my eyes to real estate! 

Hi everyone,I am a real estate investor from Israel, new to the Birmingham market.I'm looking to make connections, invest in fix and flip investments, build a good team to learn and if possible help and share my experience.looking forward to meet you all.

If they don't meet your standards don't rent to them.

In addition to those I would also suggest making a commitment to going to local meet ups and networking events in your area.

After putting about $50k into the property,  I’m just about $25k from meeting my completion goal that includes stucco, drywall, and siding.

Thanks @Drew Sygit. 

I’d recommend listening to the straight up Chicago investor podcast for local information, going to the variety of meetups that are in this great city, and meeting a lot of the people posting here.