If not, consider hiring a part-time property manager for boots-on-the-ground support while you handle the rest remotely.How do you plan on keeping eyes on your property?

I think the key is you have to just always try to look at it with fresh eyes and consider that others are in different points of their trajectory. 

You need a rock solid property management company and a great general contractor that will keep a close eye on everything that's going on with your property, especially being out of country.

He was traveling and my friend went with me to the showing as a 2nd pair of eyes on it. 

There’s huge retal income potential if you nail that balance between improvements that wow tenants and improvements that merely look fancy but don’t justify higher rents.I’d also keep an eye on how your high end plan fits the local demand.

Thanks for sharing, always an insightful eye Collin. 

The affordablity metric of Canadian RE works as follow: the closer your are to centres like Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, the more expensive the property will be and t gets pricier, in the eye of those epicentres. 

My personal thesis is to avoid the HOA altogether, problem solved.RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS can still run with the land even if there is no HOA, placed on by the developer.

I'll keep my eye out here in Oklahoma and see if I come across anything. 

Right now, I’m seeing max LTVs closer to 80% on purchases, though before COVID, we sometimes went up to 85%.Also, keep an eye out for lenders who promise amazing terms but demand large commitment fees upfront.