I'm also looking to do the same thing all the way from the DC area.

To help clarify, Loftium has both our down payment program available in Washington state, and our Loftium Lease program where we offer landlords above-market rent and place long-term tenants who manage Airbnb guests in part of your rental property. 

I have a rowhouse style property in Washington, DC and the down spout for the back of the roof leads to a drain outside of the basement door.

I then moved to DC in 2016 and rented the home out - unwittingly house hacking it.

@DrewSing took me out to Thai Food one time, he recently bought a 5 bedroom fixer in Washington, and the rest is history.

I have rentals locally in WA in A neighborhood, I also have problems renting them out with tons of views sometimes.

As always check w/ a local RE attorney.

For example, if you try to buy a 4 unit in Washington, DC you'll have extreme competition and expect to pay north of 800K. 

But me thinks the renter mentality would find this challenging to even comprehend in many rental dominated markets.. but in high end markets Like NYC or SF or LA or WA DC  were rents are say 3k and above maybe this works..  

I am active duty, currently stationed up in the PNW and I have a rental property in DC.