I'd be happy to give you some insight on the market here and get you some good contacts out here to start building a team.

Quote from @Jackson Harris: Hey Kai'ler for our STR portfolio and what our investors do is start getting it listed on Facebook/Zillow rental/Furnish Finder/etc now as a LTR for that time period you're talking about.

I plan on starting out next year with a small plug and play solution to have minimum risk.

For example - I have a duplex that rents for $1350 - the mortgage when I started was $636.

Depending on the State in which the property is located, foreclosure starts through a judicial process or a non-judicial process. 

I think you should start by understanding what it is your investors want out of the deal, analyze how the returns compare to traditional investments, and then see where you fit into this deal. 

Lenders or investors who have short lock up periods but have years of experience feeding their business with new capital would give me more comfort but anyone who is just starting and is promising a rate of return or return of capital in a set period of time would be alarming because they very well could be reliant on fresh capital to make good on that promise and that usually ends poorly.

@Chloe Salcedoi'd start with a house hack.

You started by saying that you have Local bank relationship. 

I'll start there!