How do I start long distant investing?

[Matthew Powell]

My wife and I want to buy another rental within the next 90 days! We are finding that the best deals out there are 2500 miles away from where we live. This makes us nervous. Do we find a deal that looks good on paper... make an offer... then if accepted fly out and take a look at it from there? What’s the best way to go about this? How do we know who the best people to work with are? I know this a very broad question. We just have no idea where to begin on a place so far away.