Also, the fees plus being a forced buyer with a deadline on a 1031 exchange may negate the small tax savings.

Each potential buyer has come to their own conclusion that it would be too much hassle and risk to manage in this fashion vs a traditional rental even though the average cap rate in our area has been half that at best.

If you are just looking to network I would go the route of meetups locally (you can check above at the toolbar, hoover over forums then to the right you have events and meetups.If you are looking to wholesale and build a list of buyers that fix and flip for deals you may have then I would pull lists from 3rd party sites like Property Radar or propstream.

That mean that buyers could end up in real trouble if they can't make the STR work.

But I have never met or talked to him personally.. just like most sellers never talk to the agents that bring in the buyers..

The agreement specifically allowed KeyGlee to use the End Buyer's EMD to secure the underlying contract with the actual seller... and to forfeit that EMD if the End Buyer failed to close.

PS before the hedge funds jumped in about 2011 to 2012 I was an activce courthouse buyer in Henry county and a few of the counties on the north side of Atl metro so been to many of the  auctions having them all on one day is a cluster .. you have multiple criers crying sales simultainously it can be hard to follow but you can also squeeze out one that folks missed.. we did quite well until the hedge funds knocked us little guys out of the area..

Also, our market has many First time home buyers, so to fix&flip we needed contractors which required much more $$.

Do what you say you're going to do, on the seller side and your buyer side.I've done acquisitions for a few years now and I understand how to analyze and close deals pretty good along with having a fully operational running business (from TC, dispositions, etc.) to handle new contracts and get these contracts to the closing table. 

@Tim Holt, Yes INDEED house hacking is the best option for most 1st time buyers.