Why don't you go on zillow and look for rental properties for lease in the area, and call the agents or management companies.2.

We have 1 rental property and hope to build more capital through flipping and eventually build our buy and hold portfolio. 

We’ve since acquired another rental and are looking to expand our portfolio.

Does anyone have experience with property rentals in this area?  

Hire correctly and your rentals should be very hands-off.

This was verified by MBDs personnel (Brian Dozier) ON THE RECORD if you actually read the court documents.4) Dozier also verified on the record that he was the only one in control of operating MBD and responsible for the money.5) When I received money from my investments from them during the good days, it always came direct from MBD and at the time I even signed a doc acknowledging this.Lastly, the OP mentions several larger investors forcing MBD into an involuntary bankruptcy to recover our assets was a good thing yet they don't mention that:1) Sief IS the one who led the efforts against MBD, organized investors and looked out for all our interests.

Before purchasing these rentals, did you make sure you had a healthy amount of reserves for repairs needed as well?

Would this be a good way to get into rental property investing?

After a year, you can move out, convert it to a rental property, and then use a conventional loan with a low down payment to purchase another multi-unit property as your new primary residence.

This should make Vermont rental property very desirable.