Got involved with a hard money lender, they were looking for investors in the Pittsburgh Area to flip homes. 

then manage them remotely.you also noted you want an STR, which is going to shrink the inventory that is viable for you and also increase the amount of competition you have.you may want to read these threads:https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/12/topics/1215726-break...https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/48/topics/1159104-overl...https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/963/topics/1195280-expe...https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/48/topics/1160450-run-i...https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/48/topics/1137397-balti...i invest in Pittsburgh, and I would tell you: DON'T invest in Pittsburgh unless you're willing to come here in person and build your network. 

So we all donated our time and we each put in the original seed money .

It’s a 3/2 at about 1560 sqft in the north hills of Pittsburgh.

I also want to be active in other rust-belt cities that are similar to Milwaukee and I want to be part of their eventual comeback: Cleveland, Detroit, Pittsburgh, St.

They told my attorney that they were trying to obtain “seed” capital (from me) to finance the lawsuit against their true targets.  

Can you go out and increase that comfortably in pittsburgh?

For example, you could live in Pittsburgh, where houses cost 1/3 of the cost of Boston's.

Hi,I'd love to hear success stories from investors in the Pittsburgh area! 

I am a private lender out of Pittsburgh.