. ****, I do that in the REI aspect but that's just cause it's a growing % of the portfolio.

You'll also want to make sure you look into a good property manager since they'll be your biggest help to stabilize and manage the day to day operations of owning property. 

My wife and I started managing more properties for others as word of mouth recommendations started and we started to use the management and arbitrage cash flow to acquire our own properties and fund the BRRRs we were working on.  

I had some success in doing a house hack short term rental with my first property and wanted to continue growing my portfolio.

, maintenance (5%), and PM (10-12%) if you choose to not self manage. 

The other 10% are scammers, or have mental issues, or have perpetual money problems, or are career criminals, or psychopaths, or have massive entitlement issues, lack anger management, or are spousal abusers, or can’t hold a job, or don’t want to work, etc.  

How would you suggest going about finding a deal and managing it out of state.

House hacking is a great start in building your portfolio. 

Just requested a property management account.

*Any red flags unique to the Pittsburgh market.I’m also hoping to connect with fellow investors, agents, or property managers who are familiar with the local market.