Local meetup groups are a great way to meet the players in your area. 

Thry are also surrounded by class C/D SFR's.  

A small investor cannot shake off personal liability, an LLC will not protect you if you were the principal player.

its been about a good 7 months trying to learn and find dealsIt feels like I am not moving forward at all.. no deals no nothing but informationQuite a few of the investors I've met are selling a membership or will not give out much information unless one buys their CD package or otherwise... costing around 1000 dollars and up..Anyway, if I had the money to do that I might not be so frustrated.. maybe.. 

For buy and holds, I look for 1+%  rule in class A/B areas, 2+% for C/D.

Louis was an area I was interested in, id love to speak about potential opportunities.Bob Bowling My area is currently selling duplexes in C/D areas for $400k.

If they put it in a CD or bond or interest bearing savings account which is the most likely option for someone retiring then their gonna get chicken scratch for a return, likely 2% or less.

A lot of the deals I'm seeing in Los Angels area where the CAPs are low are price for the HNW individual to buy and hunker down and earn something above CD's while they execute on a preservation of capital plan.As real estate investors though we just need to continue to search for and find deals that put money in our pockets at a risk/reward return that is appropriate for the market and our individual circumstances. 

Will it be easier to get capital for the quicker flips with the smaller margins until I have the reputation of a shrewd player?

There are a lot of people out there that are tired of Wall Street or .5% on a CD.