I'm a "newer" investor as well but have scaled my portfolio to 10 doors across mostly Detroit and Memphis.

Hi @Brian buying out of state works it just takes a substantially larger sum of money to do and scale.   

It's time to scale back and stay low key. 

Since you're new to this, building a reliable team of professionals, an experienced agent, a lender, and a property manager→ will be crucial for long-term success.If you need assistance with financing or further guidance on scaling your portfolio, feel free to reach out.

An LLC can help protect your personal assets by limiting liability, and it also allows you to establish business credit early, which can be useful as you scale your portfolio.

If you have a property with a B grade or lower, you should always list it on their website.

Sounds good, happy to share a graded map of the area. 

Regardless of the mold though, In my opinion, the best way to scale is to rehab, sell, and reallocate until you have enough capital to buy the units needed to reach your long term goals.

I'm not looking to scale tremendously, just looking to have enough passive income once the rental properties are paid off that my fiance and I can leave our jobs in the automotive business and find something less stressful and more fulfilling, live a little slower, and travel more.

I had to grade and level the entire property and plant new grass and it's now one of the prettiest lawns on the entire black.