Many of these properties are undervalued and can provide great returns once you establish solid tenants.I'd be happy to guide you through your options, whether you're interested in house hacking or building an investment portfolio. 

Hey Ian, since you're not an active agent I would connect with some local investor-friendly agents in your market.

Buy a new property, rent it out for a year and then move in for 19 years as your primary. it’s 95% tax free (19/20ths) it doesn’t matter you passed the 2 of 5 years rule  2) if there’s any rental activity before the 5 year look back period, it’s pro-rated.

Currently, I own a property in Virginia while living in California, balancing active duty life with my passion for real estate investing.I'm focused on wholesaling real estate right now, with plans to eventually explore buy-and-hold strategies as I grow.

@Brett Henricks - I attended a large DST provider's conference last week, and asked around about Crew to other Investment Advisors...nothing remotely positive was said.

the real money is in talking to groups to see if it can be taken out of the flood plain and if there is other homes that have. we purchased a piece of land for 8k and got it out of the flood plain and it was worth close to 40k. land entitlement is one of the highest money making activities. check with the local zoning office or national firms a lot will take a look for no cost and if you can get sewer and water and developable by raising it out of the flood plain you are good for some $$ we did this in newark ohio with a single family home plot that we ended up building on and had to raise the land up 6'. it's a suburb of columbus ohio

What else if he isn't actively managing the property at all?

These three smaller companies are popular with Bigger Pockets members, and their respective leaders are active on this forum.

Most of them have appreciated by over 35% in the last four years, providing us with solid equity gains.

Currently own rentals and have 2 active flips out there.