Setting them up to do well.

Either way I wouldn't do one in your area that wasn't driven into the ground.

I looked at local companies, and while many locals have great boots on the ground, they lack the economies of scale and systems like what Avantstay uses to attract, vet, monitor, and enforce. 

If you're still interested, take a trip to the site once ground has been broken.The flashy marketing material for a new development is great, but don't put your money at risk for something that's likely to vaporize.

They will be your BOG (boots on the ground) to be able to view the property.I will say that I did buy my current primary residence abroad and it wasn't fairly complicated, I would just do some things differently than I had initially anticipated if that makes sense.

We do them, but like you we often get push-back from the capital-provider funds.

It takes 2-3 years to get it off the ground and adding investing in the mix would be too much.

Seems like I could possibly get a duplex with that kind of down payment. 

I would caution you on one thing being newer and having a W2 that you like and want to keep. 

It has to be done so it might as well be done on your terms and timing.