Most cities have regular real estate meet ups for investors which is often the easiest way to meet local flippers.

Conclusion: I joined a "real estate Fund" in early 2009 (a Fund has several syndications/properties in it) and in 2009, 2010 and 2011 when the market was declining the fund still made the payments regularly without missing a beat to all investors.

Our mortgage brokerage works with real estate investors all across the country who face these same decisions regularly.

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This is very much in contrast to Texas where it is not fixed and regularly between 3% and 4%.  

That makes me wonder if those lenders will lend more on the places vs regular lenders.

I have no debt aside from the properties and regular monthly credit card debt.

Trying to read between the lines it sounds like you have a regular owner occupied homeowners policy in place on a rental property. 

I also am in the industry already so I have a few regular networking groups and events that I attend.

Banks regularly foreclose on properties and sell them on auctions.