Demiss, I'm not from your area so I can't offer any precise insight there but I do have a few pieces of advice that I've learned on the house hacking forums. 1.

I remember when I got out of college and started with a bank, my learning curve was steep and I made a lot of mistakes.

Volunteer/Intern with them to learn how they do things.

Learn from their mistake. 

I am interested in learning more about the Orlando Florida as a flipping market.  

Best of luck on your learning and investing journey!  

There is a lot that you don't know, but house hacking and managing the property yourself will give you that step, not leap, into property management where the mistakes you make will come with far smaller dollar signs and very valuable learning experiences.....and of course, you keep you hard earned rent in your pocket which will only help you moving forward.

Looking to network and learn how to find/fund deals in my market while helping others along the way.

All depends on the relationship, though I did hire a cigar / drinking buddy to do some contract work but this was only after I helped him sheetrock some walls and learned what he was capable of.

Or if you can find a really small location like 50 units buy that to learn.