You usually find those people in the middle of the spectrum. 

Also recognize that construction costs will be 2-3x more expensive in this area than they were in Pittsburgh so be careful and make sure to understand pricing before going into a rehab. 

As Patrick mentioned, I would be careful to be competing with the new builds and stick to more affordable price points or places with a large yard or no HOA that will appeal to a different group of people than the new builds will.

That is the cleanest way to have properties in an LLC.However, most people that quit claim are doing it because they want the better terms offered by agency loans.

Feel free to add me to your Network always great to link up with like minded people and add value to each persons circle.

Quote from @Layton Martin: New into the real estate game and looking  specific lenders you know of that does hard money lending based off arv instead of luv , would be spectacular if you can as well pm some you would refer thank you :) If you are new to real estate investing, I'd suggest joining a REIA and meeting local people to partner with.

I am also not understanding the concern about a rental license raised by the follow up post.

Mentors are found by building relationships at meetups in real life, not online when you are just getting started unless you are using the forums as your meetup and you are really getting to know people.4.

This is if you own 50% of this deal and your best buddy from college owns the other 50% and you are 100% owner of the PM company, it is my understanding that you must be a licensed broker to manage the property.

Unlike some people, I believe HOA is good costodian often finances, get volume discounts, do the effort of hiring contractors and maintain common space so in that regard I consider them a value.