Perhaps you could consider hard money in addition to private money?

He has been saving his money for years and has plenty of money saved but no experience with real estate investing.

Hope you get that money soon!

As for being a hard money lender.

I never even would've thought of that.I think you need help with just money management. 

Where you really make your money in FL is in the appreciation.

Quote from @Michael Challenger: I would connect with local people at meetups, that might give you some contacts for private money.

I don’t want the property to appraise low and not have enough money to get when I cash out.

I can probably teach it, but I won't be spending that kind of money for the platform and I doubt people who wants to learn are willing to pay for the platform and tutoring fees. 

My conversion rate was higher because they kind of look like a wedding invite.In regard to lenders, join meetups and local facebook groups and ask for referrals.I’m doing larger commercial deals now and found I wasted a Ton of money on direct mail.