ACH or have them deposit into nearby bank that you have an account at.  

Would I be better off looking further down state for investment properties or even in nearby Indiana?

So can go into a neighborhood's GIS system and look up what the individual parcels are assessed at and omit the building (also referred to as improvements), typically the real value of nearby parcels is somewhere between 50% and 75% of what the county claims; example: if the Fredericksburg GIS system claims that a certain house's land is assessed at 50K then your investor should NOT buy it at more than 37,500 at the VERY most.One MAJOR point to take into consideration is: an investor that you will help buying a parcel of land is an investor that will have less money to make future purchases.Good luck, and fee free to shoot me any questions as I'm very familiar with the Fredericksburg area and won't hesitate landing a helping hand to fellow BP.

It has major universities near by and a growing mobile population.  

Just searching "zoning attorney" and if you don't find one nearby, call a bunch of attorney and ask them. 

Hello, I am interested in the Milwaukee area, preferably nearby the colleges.

I haven't set my focus in the areas to invest in yet but I will be looking into the nearby markets such upstate NY, NJ and PA, once I settle my mind in this transitioning period. 

I actually used to work at the small hardware store there in Plano and then at the nearby Home Depot in Yorkville!

We don't yet know very many other investors nearby and would love to build new acquaintances here with similar interests.

Also, we have a similar situation in a house nearby in Caldwell.