Think the CNA at your local hospital or your kids pre-school teacher.

BiggerPockets groups —lots of solid resources and a supportive community here or at local REI meetups; you'll find folks willing to share tips (and maybe even some potential partners).Here are some other strategies that could also help you scale faster:Partnerships/Joint Ventures: Teaming up with others, especially experienced investors or people with capital but limited time.

If you feel you really want something more special for a nicer flip or something, get a design consultation from someone local who can give you a whole color scheme for the house that will make things pop. 

@James Kiefer From what I understand Pittsburgh happens to have some decent underlying fundamentals so it may not be a bad place to invest but certainly speak with local experts.

He is your local real estate investor expert and realtor as well!

I’m always up for more local connections. 

First, I would get with two people, an investing friendly real estate agent which you could connect with on here as well as a local lender.

Current building code requirements and local amendments should be considered forrebuilding the fire-damaged portion of the residence.The Engineer shall have no liability to the Owners, or to others for the acts or omissions of theContractor or any other Persons performing work on the project, or failure of the Contractor tocarry out the work in accordance with this letter, except where specifically inspected andapproved by the engineer and discovery of defect is possible within the normal ability or standardof care for the industry.This report is based on a diligent visual inspection of the referenced areas.

Note local rules could be more extreme.  

The whole idea of a quiet title is to give people public notice, you never really know if they are local or not.