Knowing your current state comps is a great place to start and a real estate agent can help pull those figures quickly. 

Quote from @Celli Mowery: Hi Jamesinteresting message -I know I’ve seen your name often on the Bluegrass Investors GroupI have spent the last 5 years investing in London and while some of the concerns you mentioned did exist when we started I’m finding we haven’t had issues with tradesmen coming from Lexington & Richmond for us in recent years.

) the education process has started with me regarding the commercial side of things !  

Hi Drake,You are in the right space to get started, so congrats on taking the first step.

Fortunately for me, I started investing a time in the market where everything went up.  

I moved to Columbus Ohio to start investing in real estate here! 

My partner and I have a flip that we will be starting in mid march as well!

Most 1031s will start in one location and end in another anyway. 

Great option for buyers financing with VA, FHA, conventional, DSCR, or cash of course (no seller financing).The listing will be available starting in mid-February and most likely won’t be on the market for long so shoot me a DM for additional details and I’ll be happy to chat!

I will add that you definitely do not need to be near your investments, but it makes things a lot easier when you first start off.