But, if you attend a Brooklyn, Manhattan or Queens REIA I bet you'll at least get some support from experienced local investors.

Your best bet might be to promote what you are looking for in those venues and find a match. 

Your best bet may be to get in with a wholesaler or find FSBO. once it hits MLS in this market you're quite unlikely to find anything where the numbers work in your favor

I'd bet saving the time is the better option.

I would bet there is no insulation in the walls and a lot of the cells will be grouted full. 

Without it you wont be able to do much.Your best bet for getting started, if you have little or no experience, is to offer a more experienced investor a deal where you help them out for free and you get to learn along the way.

I'd bet everything I own that there's a swarm of COVID-chasing lawyers gearing up to sue Realtors, sellers, landlords, store owners and anybody else they can sink their teeth into.Check to see if your state/county/town is even allowing open houses. 

You bet.

Plus I'm going to bet you've paid off part of your mortgage. 

SmallChange is probably your best bet if you are wanting to raise capital from non-accredited investors also, provided your project has social conscience and meets their impact investing standards.