They are available on youtube and i have heard some great tips from them.Specifically, the out of state and distant investor that many military members do on a regular basis.

Years ago, my wife and I talked about doing real estate in the future, like some distant dream in the clouds.

@Chris Lopez I'm looking to invest long distant.  

My question would be -- and this seems like a perfect upcoming podcast topic -- What are 4 or 5 starting research points that a distant investor can/should drill down in a prospective investment market?

Hopefully I can learn the ropes through this process that will help serve me in investing in more distant properties in the future.

I would believe the IRR is more difficult to calculate and predict as one has to make the best educated guess on the future value of the asset at some distant time.

Knowledge that is needed to be, not just good, but very good at what the RE investing profession demands, in terms of both education and legal requirements.In the not so distant past, I worked as a professionally qualified field service engineer in the area of biomedical instrumentation.

We've got international clients with income-producing US properties who are just as distant as you.

.-  My biggest fear when I help someone is that they're going to end up as my competitor (actually, wasting my time is my biggest fear, but the competitor thing is a distant #2). 

A few months ago, I received a call out of the blue from the State of Oregon saying that a distant cousin of mine (a 3-year-old girl) had been taken into the Foster Care system, and they were looking for blood relatives to place the girl with, with the understanding that it was leading to adoption.