Many of them are potentials as buying agents, but I can try them out on a single property showing, see if our personalities mesh, see how responsive they are and how knowledgeable they are about specific neighborhoods.

We did a complete rehab on a single family and it made sense to add central air.

How do you say few different lenders for hard money but I think your best bet would be Dominion out of Baltimore.

SF = Single Family Resident

This raises zero flags to the mortgage company and is an extremely safe bet.

Best bet is with folks that have good, long term jobs for garnishments.  

We have decided to begin our journey with a single family house hack or a multi family where we would occupy one the units.  

I haven't had much luck with the Meetups, as most are either pitchfests or drinking buddies.Welcome to BP.... here and AZREIA are probably your best bets for now, plenty of education to be found between these two, with networking here and through your other options once you have some wind in your sails.

I am looking for properties 800-2000 sq ft preferable single story.

You might get through a couple of years without any issues, and then have 1 or 2 in a row that costs you tens of thousands of dollars with every single unit turn.