I read your post several times and still don't get it.In Ny, Ny you have no $ and no credit and why do you think real estate agent will be eager to spend the time hoping ...hoping

You may save on the annual tax bill but spend more on the accounting and legal side during the year.  

They are not appearing in my organic motivated sellers from my #1 ranking website.Lists are garbage, and anyone still spending money on marketing on anything that has to do with a list is WASTING money!

I’m speaking as someone who owned a lake front cabin in MN for 20 years that I didn’t spend 20 days in after moving out of state.

She'll be spending 4 years there and then come back.

I have been on the search to do something else with my life for the past few years so I can spend more time with my family and not have to worry about a 9-5 schedule, or in my case 6-6.

While I do ask questions about leins, ownership etc, I want to be able to have a high level of confidence that the property can actually close before I spend any money on inspections or appraisal etc and ensure that the closing duration is long enough for all this to properly happen. 

Spend more time with neighbors to better understand local conditions and differences between similar looking properties.

Typically no problem if the market continues to appreciate, but if prices start stagnating, you are spending money with nothing in return.Do you want to continue to be a landlord?

I have been spending a lot of time taking in as much education as I can that is provided by bigger pockets.