I have met a few folks recently who are active in that market and I am planning on following up and seeing what their experience has been.

Our third partner, who has experience with smaller projects in Detroit, also finds this endeavor overwhelming.

It also gave me the chance to experiment with short-term rentals before transitioning to a long-term hold, reinforcing my strategy for growing a real estate portfolio.

For many of these hybrid and remote employees today, the main attraction to living in and around a major city like D.C. is the easy access to retail and entertainment areas, especially experience and community-focused retail areas.

Property managers can make or break your out of state experience.

It's a learning experience for certain.

@Helena Lee, I do not have experience with it, BUT I would expect to pay capital gains on the bitcoin. 

Does anybody have experience with evictions in North Carolina?

That's looking at it through a narrow lens though, when you zoom out to 5-10-15 years down the road and calculate the difference, in my experience the appreciation has been far more beneficial than the $200 difference per month in cash flow from a different market.

There are certain things that require experience that DIYers just can't get right or spend way too much time trying to do.