Tariq  It depends on the type of loan program.If it's a Freddie Mac loan 6-7s depending on PPP, LTV, Fixed Term, and location. 

If you're willing and able, I do recommend the "house hacking" strategy which is just a fancy name for buying a rental property and living in one of the units, because you'll get very favorable financing - an owner-occupied fixed-rate 30-year mortgage.I'd also say, analyze that property as if you won't live there and it's a pure rental, and make sure the property is still cash flow positive if there's a tenant in your unit because then you'll know if it's actually a good investment.And when you analyze it, include payment of a property manager in your #s because if you don't, and doing so would make it go cash flow negative, then you've just bought yourself a job because you literally can't step away from managing it without losing money.

If you are just looking to network I would go the route of meetups locally (you can check above at the toolbar, hoover over forums then to the right you have events and meetups.If you are looking to wholesale and build a list of buyers that fix and flip for deals you may have then I would pull lists from 3rd party sites like Property Radar or propstream.

Enter a strong rental town with lower cost housing, fix it up nicer than most stuff in town & lease (and repeat over and over). 

I specialize in working with cash investors, helping them find off-market deals, fix-and-flips, and rental properties that align with their goals. 

You can also make your place more trouble-free by fixing things up front that are most likely to break (new light fixtures, light bulbs, door locks, etc.).

I have been analyzing fix and flip opportunities in NYC and CT as my next venture. 

I have never been disappointed and have actually thought he pays an extreme amount of attention to my needs for the price he charges.

Problem found by expert, but you chose to not fix the problem by expert but by tenant.  

I just got done analyzing this property with the Fix and Flip Analyzer.