It is important that you hire professionals who have experience working with foreign investors.

I have year of 7 years of experience with drywall, and paint work so that helped me out a ton.

If you want more details, feel free to reach out.

Simple does NOT mean "easy" or pain free. 

Any person ever worked with Paul Argueta (Dispodragons) or Alex Martinez (Real Estate Skills) as a mentor/coach, what has your experience been like?

I’m especially interested in learning from those with experience in more expensive housing markets and from people who used really estate as a way to invest for their kids' colleges.

In my experience, the best thing to do is warn people over and over again.

It’s a marathon not a 50 yard dash from my experience. 

Not realizing I was only getting a few hundred a month from it and from a cash-on-cash perspective I'd have been better off buying TBills with the click of a button instead of all the hard work, stress, time, and planning I put into it. 

From my experience working with over 400 investors, I’d recommend starting with house hacking—ideally a fourplex if you find a good deal, but a duplex works too.