It seems that most advice given is to jump in and avoid "analysis paralysis", but I believe in knowing the lay of the land before jumping out of the plane. 

Ask him about that too.Even if your property isn't near a flood plane, find out the cost of flood insurance.

Yea they were in writing.Yes I placed them through a realtorI don't understand this question but I'm planing on closing 1 of the 3 Yes I'm approved for $500k I know a lot about real estate, I'm a real estate agent :) I have been studying inventing for a few years now and I'm ready to start buying..

@Ali Al-Mashat I'm not an expert but if I were you, I would get on the plane and go see those properties myself.  

If it's a 3-4 hour drive, what is the difference with a 4-5 plane ride?

And because people my know you are an out of towner doing business, they may feel you don't know the area etc, so they can feed you anything and you will take it...even realtors etc.Now thay I said that....My 6 virtual deals I needed the following:Trusted Bird dog* taking pics etc.RealtorContractorsTitle CoReal estate attorneyAnd a plane ticket...Etc.Because laws are different in every state, things are not the same as it may be where I live in Maryland.

I do it by planing ahead and if you have nights booked as far as 6 months out you can get higher rates and then all you have to do is lower the rates in gaps between bookings about one month before the date.

I'm actually on a plane right now about to fly out to Ohio and next week Kansas City to check out some properties, so I'll be out of town for next 2 weeks. 

Thanks for the replies    Armond, I believe I have the planing down, I have read "The book on real estate investing with no (and low) money down".

Investors do not yet seem to realize the market going on here due to the Navy retiring a couple of planes and moving in all the Growler squadrons.