Got the funds but no time or the knowledge to find that deals

[Bernie Indig]

For the past while i have been looking for deals in my hometown NYC and was part in 1 deal as an equity investor. Now I'm looking to go solo with mostly my own money in different towns, being that NYC is to expensive for me to build my portfolio on my own. To whoever I have been talking to asking for advise and what to look for, i have kinda hit the dead end being that i dont know the outside cities like NJ, Pennsylvania, etc. How and where am looking and since I don't know the area now do I know that I won't be fooled? Ps. I'm looking for multi family rental properties or fix and flip

Thank you all in advance

Bernie