Otherwise you'll be in for some giant headaches.

Being a tech person, I def appreciate the value of software. 

We meet upstairs in the Camp Hill Giant right off of 15 and I-283.  

By UVA, VA Tech etc. 

If it was a giant tree that I couldn't take care of personally with my saw, I would hire it out.

Does real estate investing ever seem like a giant pyramid scheme to anyone else?

Tenant Improvement Allowance (TIA) which can be $10-$30/foot upon signing a lease, brokers fees another 6%, a failed business goes bankrupt and leaves you vacant and after 6 months you find a tenant but guess what, there's more TIA and more brokers fees.I kind of see commercial properties as a giant furnace of money.

Hey RObert,With all the modern tech, it's really easy to do a deal from out-of-state. 

You don't even have to flip the house, just buy into the up and coming B-/C+ area and wait for appreciation 2+ years to capture those $250/500k gain.Of course you somehow have to identify the areas but at least in the Bay Area, it's more obvious where the older neighborhoods are gentrified with tech workers.

A little about me, I am in San Jose, CA and I work in the tech industry.