My thought is more about time in the market and getting the snowball started now vs. 10 years from now. 

If you want to network or ask specific questions about your local market, go to your local real estate forum and connect with investors from your area: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/86-local-real-estate-networking5.

That's great that you are getting going investing in different markets. 

Quote from @Luis De la Puente: In your experience, how do you see private money lenders shaping the real estate market, especially for fix and flip projects?

By leveraging market knowledge and strategic partnerships, we turned a modest investment into a profitable transaction.

Hi BP, I'm looking at a few off-Market deals in Cleveland OH, this will be a new market for me.

Buy and hold rentals will be funded through use of fix and flip capital – 1 for every 5 fix and flips completed.MARKET Our markets for the immediate future will include: Phoenix metro and surrounding areas, Maricopa city, and Casa Grande.

On one side it's good because you don't have any vacancies but it can be bad because many times rents are under the market and there might be needed updates and repairs that are hard to do with tenants in the property. 

Qualified mortgages (VA, FHA, conventional etc.) get underwritten to Fannie/Freddie/Ginnie standards and get sold on the secondary market as securities.  

If you ever decide to list those properties for sale on the open market, you know who to call.