Investing from out of town

[Kevin Lutz]

I am currently living in SF and given where the RE market is here I am looking at out-of-town and to be clearer out-of-state deals.  Given this I have been focused on more turnkey type properties but wondering if others have had positive/negative experiences in opportunities requiring more substantial initial rehabbing.  What have you done to make things go as smoothly as possible while not being local?  Or what should you have done differently in hindsight?  Thanks for taking the time to chime in.