having been around this bizz for decades now on the private lending side I will tell you many to most private lenders started in the mom and pop rental bizz tire of it and switch to be the bank.. and right now wih rates up there return would be quite handsome .. but you do need to use caution..

Myself and a friend are looking to get into investing in buying hold single-family homes. She would be putting all the cash down for the property and I'm a contractor and would take care of all of the rehab work along...

In order to find, agents and lenders.

My name is Christin Milton and I am a Private Money Lender.

Quote from @Leonard La Rocca III: So is it common to find a conventional loan without meeting the lender in-person?

We used $100k of private money and the rest was personal cash.

As others have mentioned, yes you can use section 8 rents with some DSCR lenders.

Also start talking to lenders now to understand their requirements 

Quote from @Rich O'Brien: Talk to a lender immediately!

Some lenders offer discounts to return borrowers so maybe look into both flip and DSCR rates when finding a lender.