Seller of said property is not willing to do terms.I go forth into the MLS or elsewhere and find a seller on any type of property willing to do the terms I want AND is ok with me selling their property and substitute the collateral with another real estate asset of same/more value.

The withholding tax (on gross income) a problem if you:a) The wealth creation part of that real estate investing is capital appreciation, not cash flow.

Build a local team, including a trustworthy real estate agent, property manager, and inspector, to help you identify and manage deals remotely.

Quote from @Burke Atkerson: With over a decade of real estate investing experience and over 100 flips, I now provide private money & hard money loans.

For several reasons (property taxes, politics), I would prefer to begin real estate investing somewhere other than locally. 

@Eric E.UBIT only comes into play in an IRA on leveraged real estate and running an active business.

Any type of investment real estate anywhere in the US can be sold and replaced by any other type of investment real estate of any number of properties anywhere in the US.Washington to CA is perfectly fine.  

But if I do that my time would be so limited to when I could work on my real estate.

The idea is too pay some bills and continue in our real estate journey. 

Maybe it's in my head but sometimes there are two LVP advertised online with the same thickness, but in real life one feels obviously thinner/thicker.