I am located in Parker, CO (just South of Denver) and have focused my search to Colorado Springs as the market is somewhat more affordable than Denver, it is within driving distance and I have family in the area. 

@Ali Hashemi is right in that rates do not matter right now as much and it isn't what I would focus.

So although he's been in real estate for awhile, he has not been involved with holding, which is where focused.

I'm an expat newbie investor and  bigger pockets newbie, living oversees in Austria and I am very interested in investing in SFHs between 50-100K in the Columbus, OH area focusing on Buy and Hold (rentals).Currently I am looking to build connections to home-in on interesting opportunities as well as to start building a team local to the area.Looking forward to meeting some of the locals here! 

I would defiantly be focus on why anyone would sell a house and move into a rental. 

Yes, I am focused on doing flips in SoCal, especially in the IE but given that it is extremely hard to find and acquire good deals these days, I'm thinking about expanding into the LV area as well.

Another one is Rich Uncles, which is focused on commercial RE.

We focus on buying subject to, lease/purchase and owner financing and this answer is based on the premise of selling all our homes on rent to own and thus calling that the "deposit".Hope that helps!

Which has been our entire focus this time.

They focus on landlords as one of their niches.