It will be remote, but since you live there now, you probably already have connections who either already know the house or local friends to find you good people to service things as needed.  

I'm in a small town so the people aspect is a huge consideration. 

Personally, I would never live in PHX, but that is all personal biases (I prefer seasons and greenery), and clearly lots of people choose to live in PHX.At the end of the day, I would argue market selection almost only comes into play when you are talking assets that cater to institutional buyers that have to get investment committee sign off. 

So it may end up costing you $400k within 30-60 days without any financing options.How do people overcome this when you do your due diligence?

Then when you have enough money for the 3.5% down, buy a place that you can live in and rent out spaces to other people. 

It is a great place to meet people face to face.

But yes, now that we are here, maybe let him know that if things do not get up to date or cleaned up you will go to his superiors.When people are late right at the beginning, I let them know that the behavior is not acceptable and let them know there are consequences to that bad behavior. 

There's a standard syndication that goes out to sites like Zillow, Redfin etc that is included when it is listed in the MLS; hence why people can find properties from across the country. 

BP is a great place to definitely learn and connect with like-minded people. 

Most people are going for 3+.