I have been thinking of starting with flipping a home and gaining experience on what it is like.

The local facebook groups are a great place to start 

I am 29, single, employed, have ample savings, a full VA loan, and am pre approved for 550k, and looking within an hour of the dc metro area, ideally Harford county MD due to the good schools and military bases near by. 

I have just started some discussions with them but am also looking for feedback if anyone has actually closed a deal with Insula Capital?

Basically a mentorship so I can learn the ins and outs of getting started. 

The second property company was ok but at the end of last year they abruptly sent me notice that thethere was going to be a new one starting the following moth.

A good starting point could be a discussion with an investor focused lender.

I recommend investing close to home at least to get started

We have ended up being the latter a couple of times in 7 years because we started off trying to be helpful, but have put policies in place to avoid it:Our rule of thumb is that you can’t be behind by more than your security deposit.  

I used them when we were first starting out and liked working with them.