Any advice on how to do this would be helpful. 

My family has made quite some renovations in our apartment and can help with the basics, like flooring, walls, and some plumbing, and we have the tolls for that, but for the roofing situation we need someone who knows their stuff.I still need to obtain the blueprint of the whole attic and then scheme it out and dive into the fine details.

And would I need another appraisal thereafter to request removal of PMI.thanks for the help! 

It's a conventional loan and we can use 75% of the rents to help you qualify. 

Feel free to DM me if there is anything else I can help with. 

This is super helpful.

Thanks for the help!

Glad to connect & help with any insights on the markets you're looking for. 

I have a few questions and would really appreciate it if someone could help answer them.

Instead of thinking everyone is n00bs, think of everyone as a potential partnership or source of marketing so that you can help them with the things you are great at, renovation, etc and they can find you the deal that you keep trying to find.