and eventually expand into a buy / hold model to supplement income.We welcome the opportunity to work with other real estate investors who are also working in this region in either a partnership or mentoring relationship.

You will eventually find what you are looking for!

I'm here looking for tips on land lording and eventually apply the money we earn from rent towards another rental property.

You'll want to see if it's 100% homestead, that's applicable if occupying the home and when it's 100% homestead taxes tend to be a bit cheaper, but when you buy it you'll sign a homestead exemption form that will eventually eliminate the homestead exemption.

I'd like to build a good relationship with him and eventually convince him to move some of that stock market money into my hands.  

That is an eventual future step but near term to write a contract to buy its simplier to buy Frank and Dave's 30 days due diligence package.  

I plan to househack my first property and eventually move out in a year or two and purchase another one.

Bad choices all around; my father was an alcoholic who eventually died in a nursing home from end stage liver disease with his brain totally pickled from this disease.Gail

I was originally trying to focus on fix and flips but as I learned more about financing realized that I could probably go straight to buy and holds which was my eventual goal.

We didn't know anything about the market and had to start from scratch, but it was a great learning experience and gave us confidence to eventually replicate the process in other areas.