I have found my private investors by the following - personal friends, local meetups, real estate conferences.

We have a local STR organization that has filed suit against the STR quota implementation.   

I'm looking into multifamily (duplex & self landlording) in my local area to get started, but my tri-state area (CT/NY/NJ) has a high entry price point that I'm concerned with over leveraging myself and losing liquidity on my first deal. 

you would do the public good to file a complaint with the DRE in your state and send the fact pattern to Insurance commissioner filing a complaint against the tile company .. and send to the local DA and AG.. 

I was at a local meet-up last evening and one of the folks recently purchased a list.

For $1-2k per month operators can generally hire a dedicated local 'Superhost' or experienced local manager/cleaner while enhancing the quality of services rendered.

Hey @Brooke Peterson - you can check out Events and Meetups forum via this link - https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/521

Aim for a $75,000 ARV to play it "safe".As far as private money you would probably have to find someone local that knows the area and wouldn't have a problem taking ownership of a property like this if things go sideways.My guess is you'll have a tough time finding an individual that wants to loan on it. 

Depending on the country I would first see if any local banks will loan to Americans. 

Mortgage is with a local bank in a small town that the business uses so they would likely notice this change.If the bank calls the due on sale clause could I refinance at that point?