You need to be specific such as “I am looking for a tri plex under $250k (or whatever your budget is) in a rental neighborhood where rental rates are _________ and that’s not in a war zone.”

This is a private gated community and has numerous shared amenities.  

In any event, I've been investing in the US now for 5+ years across numerous states. 

That said, there are numerous successful investors on LI and NY who you can connect with.

I've only had Paul close one deal for me before, but he has served as legal counsel on numerous deals I've worked on and is fantastic for particularly large and complex transactions. 

If you were to placed an offer on a home that needs a work after a bit of a bidding war. 

In terms of raising money, while there're numerous books, podcast episodes, and forum posts here on BP about raising funds, all of them will have at least one requirement in common: you must be able to show the track record to a potential investor to be willing to give you the funds to invest.

People from Vietnam, who fled here in the 70's with the clothes on their back after the war. 

Hello BP World,I am a property manager in Southern Wisconsin and I work with numerous investors.

I’m ok leaving a little money in the deal as I have a fairly good war chest.