Residential can take over a lot of brokers and agents lives for some nights and weekends.   

Hello all :)Business / fun /due diligence trip, starting this weekend for 7 days (Sept 21 - 28).

I also purchased a mini excavator/bobcat combo last year and run around doing that work on the weekends.

@Caleb Heimsoth  there are some undertones that all contractors will rip you off , they are lucky to have your work , and they are working to get drunk this weekend .

I spent a weekend looking at their business processes, build quality and the neighborhoods they were in.In my experience the two most important things when investing out of state is to know the market (over 1 million in population with consistent growth, a business friendly government, inexpensive houses, and plenty of jobs) and get to know the team enough to trust them (Do they have construction and property management under 1 roof, how do they acquire their properties, do they know neighborhoods street by street, what is their screening process, etc)Even though i live in ohio and there are some great markets in Cleveland and Columbus, because i have found a great team in Indy, i’ve Been investing with them over the past 5 years and now have 10 units with them.I’ve used leverage in my local markets for growth and SDIRA with the turnkeys to grow my retirement.

thanks for the advice will do i'll have plenty of time over this weekend to do so.

Have a chat with your CPA, but there are some very nice benefits with, say, going to work on your property on Friday and Monday, but then enjoying the weekend at your lake house and being able to deduct travel and some of your meals.Airdna.com is a good resource for estimating vacancy and revenue potential. 

I am actually attending a 3 day seminar on REI next weekend.  

Doing this part time is absolutely doable and most of my team including myself work as an engineer during the day then invests and works with buyers and sellers on nights and weekends.

Unless my part time (weekends.) work with my broker can pull in additional income, like a few thousands each month, then nothing else really is worth it.