I'm going to advise you to find a Local Group of Investors that play Robert Kiyosaki's cash flow game.  

The one thing all agents want is training and leads in the end, if you can provide them with this as well as the opportunity to market their brand and bring in max commissions you have a game plan that will make both you and the agent money. 

@Andrew Michael  I agree with you Andrew, if I was a hard money lender I would be looking for skin in the game.  

They want to know that you have skin in the game and are committed to paying back. 

They aren't a short-sale or foreclosure but also can't upgrade.  

I wouldn't plan on using either of these types of loans for a short term flip.

There are some other tips that I can add, but I'd like to keep this short and touch on the ones that we see missed most often.  

Just an ambitious kid trying to find his way in the real estate game.

consider proximity to an airport wit reasonable fares,  Manty and Trivers (local speak) are a Hike to Milwaukee Airport, and Green Bay is quite expensive to fly out of. just a thought, Unless you fall into a great deal, a $50-70K 4plex is gona be pretty rough,  both in condition and location, get familiar with the areas, and if you do settle in Manty, Just remember its Cooler Near the Lake, not sunglasses and board shorts cooler, like 50 degrees in late June, and 20 miles west its 80 degrees. just considerations.  

Let's say you build 2 separate 3,000 sq ft homes- one of them has 4 beds, 2.5 baths and a ton of flex space, game room, etc.