Out-of-State Deals, Crowdfunding

[Matthew Hunt]

I have a couple questions:

1. For those who do out-of-state deals, I'm curious if you are flying out and looking at the property, or are you buying sight unseen? If you're looking at the property, are you doing this before putting in an offer (seems like that could get incredibly expensive), or making your offer contingent upon inspection?

2. Has anyone used any of the crowdfunding sites to find investors? They seem like such a great idea, I'm just not sure how many investors are actually using them. "CrowdStreet" was one that I ran across last night, and I've seen others.