Would love to connect with anyone who wants to talk shop and further help me understand the many unique areas of Allegheny County. 

Would love to connect with anyone who wants to talk shop and further help me understand the many unique areas of Allegheny County.

They offer some unique online based classes about land development.

Also open to any local investor that are interested in helping out a newbie on his path to real estate investing success in this market I’m willing to help out on others deals to learn, partnerships maybe that I do some minimum aspects to take some task off an investors plate so I can learn more hands on and grow.

@Jonathan Woodruff speaking only for myself, one thing that drives me nuts is people who are typically drawn to the charm and unique qualities of an old home, and then whine about its lack of modernity--- modernity which, by the way, will likely fall out of favor again in a decade or less.

depends on location, in a city they should be within .5 mi, in a suburb 1 mile and rural  5 miles but unique properties can be stretched further, I have done thousands of BPO's for banks, the rules were 3 listed and 3 solds, within 20% speck and similar condition, and make appropriate adjustments for differences, there is more art than science to it.

Any interesting or creative sorts of tasks that you give them to help you with?

The dynamic makes for a unique RE market where you can have a million dollar vacation home next door to a hippie commune.

Does anybody know the app that let you choose a person to do tasks for me like drive by a property and do a small report to the condition of the house for a fee

If you don't panic but work through difficulties and overcome obstacles, you reduce your risk.I don't know how to quantify it on a scale because every deal and every investor is unique.