If you want to rehab in that market, perhaps spend some time networking there and maybe you will find someone whom you can partner up with who has experience in the local market and with rehabs.

His Small Apartment bootcamp and Raising Private Money course are good but pricey. 

You might convince someone to give you a private money loan from the business side of it.

Are you only doing private money are you doing asset based/traditional as well? 

It is where I can spend the money to make it my own rather than taking a cuter home for more and still wanting to spend $$ to make it my own.  

New Garage door on detached 2 car garage.My mortgage company is Citizens Bank and from looking at their rules for PMI cancelation(per google AI) they are:"Citizens Bank will automatically cancel private mortgage insurance (PMI) when your loan-to-value (LTV) ratio reaches 78%.

are you able and willing to spend time in person in your chosen market? 

This probably sounds a little like wholesaling or being a Realtor, and it is.If you don't want to spend $1,000's to build this out and take on the associated tasks, there are other, more cost effective, options.I'd recommend looking for potential deals via free (or low-cost sources) i.e. local meetups/networking, Courts (probate & lis pendens lists), Realtors, Wholesalers, properties for sale online (especially those with 90+ days on market), etc.All the best!

People are still traveling and spending $ like there’s no tomorrow.

So that is when I immediately backed out but still did more research anyway to find more fraudelent documents, emails and phone numbers to his scam.Yesterday we heard from my trusted friend and private lender who now is the 6th person I know who has been reached by this guy.