If you are serious about having a successful career there, jump on a plane and spend some time down there once a year.

No rental units are allowed, and from the pics it doesn't look like it needs any fix to flip.Are you planing on living there yourself?

Yep, they geodes them to you, you sign and have some documents notarized, Fed ex them back, wire your money.  

Points or miles give you more stuff, which you usually don't need, and with miles you often have to pay something to buy a plane ticket. 

I was planing to take down couple walls as well, replace windows.

I tried the cheap route (sanding, planing, feathering concrete) and it still bothers me, I wish I would have replaced or covered.

The goal was to move on to higher priced markets with better appreciation.The objector’s viewpoint: I need to own a home first before investing in real estate – build equity and experience in home ownership and then move on to investment properties.I need to invest somewhere closer, states such as Nevada, Arizona, or Texas, so that I can hop on a plane and be there in a few hours if need be.

I know it is a bigger factor if I am planing on renting it.TIA!

I'm not sure if she owns the house free-and-clear.My pitch was gonna be this:$10,000 down payment$1500/mo for 20 years I'd pay all closing costs Offer the prop mgr 1 year of fees (~$2650) to assist the tenant in the transactionThis works out to basically a $370K sale price, or the equivalent of $402K if she were having to pay regular agent/closing costs.Benefits to the owner would be:Her cashflow immediately improves by about $450/moShe gets an unexpected $10K bump - a nice kicker, but not enough to trigger a big tax eventShe no longer has to worry about or pay for taxes, insurance, property management, maintenance, wear-and-tear, bad renters, etc.The transaction is hassle-free - no inspection, appraisal, or bank loan that can fall through ... she'd just receive some papers via FedEx, sign them, and we're doneThe property - her former family home - would go to someone who truly loves it and would care for it well Downsides for her would be loss of future appreciation and rent increases; and maybe she has plans to leave it to someone in her family.What do you think of this offer?

Or is it completely different, like learning to fly a plane vs drive a car?