Now it’s probably the Midwest,But my the time you get to the Midwest and establish a footprint and “street credibility” with the brokers and sellers another market may be strong.If you are going to invest out of area, you will need to spend “face to face” “boots on the ground time” there.

Eliminate debt, establish a budget, and save.

For illustration purposes, the investor with engineering and/or construction background may excel building in a market where there is ease in doing business and can build efficiently whereas the doctor may have greater success in the established market where significant barriers already exist but can afford the entry price and can ride the waive of continued appreciation and offset their high salary by depreciating the expensive building they acquired.  

hope this helps. turnkey might be a good fit for you. but real estate is a long game.

While your coworkers are at Happy Hour or football games, the REI may be knee deep in it.

In any partnership you can't just cut a check and hope for the best especially if you're providing the money and the other partners don't have more than their time in the game.

I read this book in Sept and it seriously changed the game for me.

Eliminate debt, establish a budget, and save.

Offer the design team a piece of the equity OR pay a premium as incentive to keep to an established timeline (that is within their control). 

But HSA is a game changer.