I have been building my portfolio for the past 3 years with a few on market and off market deals, but as I am scaling my business and portfolio I find it increasingly difficult to find deals particularly medium sized multi family 20-100 units.

So I strongly believe there is a happy medium here.

If you are investing from out of town, you'll want a good property manager, and it would be hard for you to do a fix and flip or even a medium rehab unless you have boots on the ground.

Will you take on a light medium or heavy lift. 

I had thought originally long term rental, but the more I read the forums on Denver market, it seems like short/medium term are the way to go? 

Hi Sally - Welcome.If you are considering investing in residential real estate in WA,  be aware that there are major changes coming in state law,  almost certainly including 'just cause' eviction rules (HB2453) this session,   and possibly also statewide rent control (HB2779) (less likely this session,  but IMO very likely in the medium/long term unfortunately)  that both if passed will substantially or even dramatically affect the level of risk, business model, and other aspects of owning and operating rental property.   

Additionally, it seems low barrier to entry in Hemet, being medium home price is $300k.

We have operated medium sized construction company's (20 employees).

I'll break it down as I saw it as a previous real estate coach:Low producer (0-6 deals/year) - They want more leads and want to know what CRM to use.Low/Medium producer (6-12 deals/year) - They want more leads and will start talking about automation.Medium producer (12-24 deals/year) - They want help building systems to scale or work less.Top producer (24+ deals/year & single agent) - They want help building systems to scale and knowledge for hiring.Teams (less than 100 deals/year) - How do we hire and train agents?

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