It sounds like this is their personal residence.

Meeting the team personally has some value but I have worked with dozens of investors who have never been to Memphis and never meet me face to face. 

You look like the kind of person who is going somewhere.

To me personally as well I found it was more important for what I do to cultivate commerical bankers and those relationships so I could get access to bank rate capital and lots of it !!

Personally, I’ve been exploring opportunities where growth patterns and infrastructure expansion hint at future value increases.

NOT judging, I am truly curious the mindset's of such persons.

For me personally with the lessons I have learned - I would build capital before buying anything to hold / flip.

I have a lot of personal experience with BRRRR—both from building my own rental portfolio here in Memphis, TN and from helping both local and out-of-state investors successfully scale their portfolios using this strategy.One of the biggest advantages I’ve been able to offer my clients is structuring deals with hard money lenders in a way that allows them to acquire properties with less than $10,000 out of pocket in most cases which results them in massive cash on cash returns!

Sloan, he seems to be knowledgeable about commercial real estate and after peering over his website briefly, it seems that he offers personalized training to people new to the business. 

Quote from @Amanda Dobbs: Is there a place to find Private Investors as in one person?