I live in fat northeast philly not far from Franklin mills area 

Once I hit my target monthly rental income I'll snowball all the mortgages, get fat, and smoke more cigars.  

The company got fat and lazy over the past 15 years, and this is Mayer getting it into fighting shape.Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/why-marissa-mayer-told-remote-employees-to-work-in-an-office--or-quit-2013-2#ixzz3LDfuQ2So"

That said, it functionally is not prudent as you are sort starting in the wrong place with a big fat elephant in the room.  

Shane that would be a big fat NO to managing.If the person is moving out of state maybe they are selling cheap and you can buy it or get it under contract and assign it to another buyer.Find another way to make money on it but not to manage it!

So for brokerages it's a lot of hand holding in the beginning and training which is why they take a fat 50% off your first 2 to 3 deals generally.If you show over time you are a performer with closing after closing the split can improve to 70/30, 80/20, 90/10.Heck there are even brokerages that charge a flat fee per transaction but your just  a number and forget about in depth guidance.Best thing you can do is usually find a top performer to emulate and attach onto to learn from.You could also just sit a subdivision and sell model homes.

It can be done, but in this case it sounds like you are trying to get awfully fat for such limited skin in the game... 

It may not make the fat commission checks, but it can help get the income started and a little more steady.

Pigs get fat and hogs get slaughtered.  

 =)  It's posts like this that inspire me to reach just a little beyond my comfort zone and do a BFD...big fat deal.