Suck it up, buy a property.

Thanks for the advice everyone!

While the price is important, a successful investment is driven by the ROI.

To avoid going through the same poor experience, keep reading.Even if someone gives you a referral here, do NOT make the mistake of assuming that the PMC will meet your expectations, just because they met the expectations of the referral source.In our experience, the #1 mistake owners make when selecting a Property Management Company (PMC) is ASSUMING instead of CONFIRMING.It's often a case of not doing enough research, as they don't know what they don't know!

To avoid going through the same poor experience, keep reading.Even if someone gives you a referral here, do NOT make the mistake of assuming that the PMC will meet your expectations, just because they met the expectations of the referral source.In our experience, the #1 mistake owners make when selecting a Property Management Company (PMC) is ASSUMING instead of CONFIRMING.It's often a case of not doing enough research, as they don't know what they don't know!

Quote from @Jairo Montezuma: Agreed with the above, your problem will come when you need to get someone out there on a Saturday morning around 6 am and you are three thousand miles away on vacation.

Second, don't get hung up on what if's.

See the problem?

If you come to the conclusion that you need to focus on your primary earning job but want to start investing in real estate then maybe a turnkey option would be best.

We're largely looking at value add projects (aka BRRRR **cringe**) so that the vast majority of capital is coming out once a refi is done.Not vanilla, obviously.