Not because the investors are looking for long term cash flow (but some are), but because at some point in the not too distant future there is likely to be an adverse market cycle. 

:P We're probably distant 12th cousins or something.

We look forward to launching this to all members of the community in the not too distant future.

I expect some day in the distant future to be on a Mars Lander -- "Hello, this is Houston Control, Houston Control -- we have a message here from a Than Merrill, who wants to tell you the Martian market is just ripe for a few motivated individuals to try his special wealth building program ..."

""For of men it may generally be affirmed, that they are thankless, fickle, false, studious to avoid danger, greedy of gain, devoted to you while you are able to confer benefits upon them, and ready, as I said before, while danger is distant, to shed their blood, and sacrifice their property, their lives, and their children for you; but in the hour of need they turn against you.""

With a 3 and 5 year old, on our current course, retirement appears to be a distant and dismal future.Currently seeking flips with varying degrees of renovation required.

You need: 1) a solid, foolproof way to estimate so you actually make money, 2) a comprehensive and exhaustive Scope Of Work, 3) a good looking Proposal, 4) a legal Contract for your state that protects both you and the customer, 5) Change orders that document both cost and time increases, 6) professional invoices and receipts, 7) all the appropriate lien releases etc.Actually knowing to be the perfect carpenter comes a distant second......

I’ve managed this place for the last 8 years, so this could be an opportunity for both of us When dealing with these exclusive places , I recommend a Conceirge for their clientele more than a distant property manager.

As it turned out, the corporate attorney was taking at least three calls a day from people who had been scammed, and the calls just kept on coming.This scam is being run each and every day by teams of con men from the safe and distant shores of Liberia.

If your hands are tied with a long distant investment property then you gotta do what you gotta do.