How I think finding boots on the ground is not that easy.

[William Morales]

Hello BP. 

The reason I said that in the title is I really think it's been tougher than I thought, I live in NYC and have a full time job, I'm looking to invest outside my hometown, In Orlando I have a brother there, he's my eyes and ears so that i'm not complaining, we both are looking for fsbo's,vacant,  etc, It's a market like Pittsburgh that I want to be investing in, and some of the realtors I've contacted do not want to look at properties I might have found on their site, unless there's something in it for them, and I tell them that they can have both sides of the commission, me buying, and reselling working with them. But the real reason I would prefer someone else is I'm hoping to get an objective opinion of what the house might look like, neighborhood, is it safe, etc. and whether the property scout I'm using would they live there?, is it livable?, does it need repairs,? and so on.. Not sure what I can do?!???!!