You may be able to get in with a 10%. down payment and finance 90% of our rehabilitation costs.  

The properties include 2 single-family homes with long-term tenants, a triplex that the owner intends to rent out and then sell to a financial investor, and 3 other residential multi-unit properties that will require coordination with contractors for rehabilitation, cleaning, and listing.

Investors, home buyers, transplants and alike do not just look at the crime and drugs; which are on a fierce trajectory of decline but the rising potential and rehabilitation in addition to the charm and history that Newburgh offers. 

If you don't have funds to buy cash, how will you pay for rehabilitation of a property?

@Arthur Soto are there any projects you are aware of in this area, like any new  condo projects, rehabilitation projects especially along the river perhaps where the industrial pre war factories are located.

I am also the owner of a renovations company so I’m looking to do the rehabilitation myself.

If you know what to do HUD has government sponsored porgams to help you rehabilitate these types of properties.

I want to leverage being a licensed architect as much as possible during the REI acquisition and rehabilitation.

If all this initial math point to profitability, then you may have an excellent house flip on your hands and you should consider purchasing it.Step #5: Manage the Rehabilitation TightlyOnce you purchase the house, don’t just solely rely on your contractor to handle and supervise all the repairs.

I would call around to home health or rehabilitation facilities.