Alright.. found a nice, fully remodeled 3/1, 1000 sqft with .60 acres for sale close to my house.Original asking price - $150k, then reduced to $140k.

I've found in this market, you need to be creative, figure out how to add your value to a property, house hack your first investment etc. unless you're entering REI with a bunch of cash. 

When I search in nearby Baltimore, I get 0 properties found for nearly every neighborhood I try, and those that do have something are mostly empty land.What's the issue here?

I never found much value in them and have done better with traditional bank financing.

., I have found listening to the podcast episodes to be invaluable. 

Anyways...Here is a deal I found.

We found a beerfest near Piedmont Park and talked with probably over 20 people about Atlanta neighborhoods and areas to invest.

I'm glad you posted on BP and found out it was a scam.

I have found a condo in a desirable location in the Austin area. 

"Here's the money, I'm trying to invest this money with you, having troubles with these laws, etc etc" next thing you know they found a way to make it work but some tax or tariff has to be paid off in the US first.