Go to BUILD YOUR TEAM at the top of the screen and look for local investors or meetups in your area.

definitely . id check with the local municipality as well for further info on the requirements  

@Alexander Merritt   IMHO low end rentals are only suitable for local investors that are in the landlord business and are going to scale up and own as many as they can get 100's have your own PM and maintenance and that's the ONLY way in my mind that stuff will work over any amount of time.buy the best that you can if your just starting out.

the local facebook groups and local realtors are a great place to start . they are able to populate reports for you by zipcode 

I have asked, begged and yelled about the safety situation and he just doesn’t care.

Locally the COVID relief fund is called CERA and it pays all back rent, 3 months of future rent and utilities.  

State: CA Property: DuplexLease Agreement: 12-months Hey Jose, I’m a local broker and manage over 100 investment properties.

So people are still traveling in spades, more than ever, maybe just not to the same places, making this likely a local thing.More to @Jerry Calhoun's point on international travel being the hot trend now, the Booking.com CEO was just on CNBC giving an interview and he said that in the past two years their bookings revenue in the US has very much outpaced European bookings (which have lagged coming out of covid), but is seeing much larger growth in Europe bookings this year.

Is there a local REI meet up or network of investors in Lubbock that I can tap into? 

House hacking with a multifamily unit sounds like a smart strategy,I'd recommend starting by checking out local market conditions and connecting with other investors nearby.