However, I'm looking to change that.Due to my location, I've been following discussions, podcasts, etc. on long-distance investing and am quite excited by the prospect of not being geographically bound to a certain market.

This was a fantastic episode , its has one of the best examples and explanations of rendering your pain to fuel your ambitions @Brandon Turnerundefined@David Greeneundefined

., the court found that in determining unconscionability, the trial judge may consider: 1) the amount of the proposed rent increase; 2) the landlord’s expenses and profitability; 3) how the existing and proposed rent compare to rents charged at similar rental properties in the geographic area; 4) the relative bargaining position of the parties; and 5) based on the judge’s general knowledge, whether the rent increase would shock the conscience of a reasonable person.

. ♡ Thank you for the deeper explanation behind your decisions and for taking my comments as positive reminders :)As someone that has scratched and clawed from nada I have a hard time understanding why everyone doesn't say 'there has to be a better way!'

View reportHi there If you're an experienced Multi Family investor or Bigger Pockets analyzer, I'd like to hear from you with an explanation of some of the BRRRR numbers. 

"we want 123 Main""It's a short sale, do you know what is entailed and the odds of actually getting it are slim (long explanation of the process)""We don't care it's perfect"Then for 4 months I get calls with the frustration building as the time goes on, my answer is the same"The bank has said nothing yet, we are still waiting.

Diversifying into several geographical locations makes sense to me.

Could you give a short explanation how it works?

Is there a specific reason you're tied to a geographic area? 

One of the best ways to get your feet wet in this business (from my experience) is: identifying top producing brokers in your brokerage or geographic area and asking them to have coffee and/or to work their open houses.