I find it best to connect with other investors by going to meet ups in your city or if you have a Facebook join real estate investment groups that are strictly for your city and be active in those groups.

Yeah I am strictly looking for cash flow.

Dan do you strictly use personal credit cards or business credit cards as well?

Its hard to rent the house because its a gated community with strict roles and HOA, and its easier  for me to just rent it out to family.

The only way to take the "easy" rout in real estate is to take a passive investing approach, by putting your money into other peoples deals. 

Local banks and credit unions have always been a good option because they usually keep their loans in-house so they can create their own guidelines that can be less strict than the FHA ones that those who sell their loans need to follow.

In this instance, any improvement conducted before (five years from issuance) that push the cumulative costs of the fifty percent (50%) threshold will require you to structurally floodproof the entire building to the strict stands outlined in the regulations.Knowing this regulation now, explains why one step of the permit approval was delayed.

Is this strictly an investment property or would you consider living in it for a year?

VA loans are more strict when their clients use VA properties as investment property, a possible exception to renting it out is if you live in the property or get deployed/PCS.

not smaller one to 4 units.. but do check with Nevada I know they have very strict rules on Lenders license law..