Multiple, billion dollar companies are investing heavy in our area, such as Intel, Google, and Amazon.

No matter how good your systems are you will likely end up in that city a few times per year at least, especially in the early years.With that being said, once you have your core team established in long-distance investing, it becomes much easier and problems equal google searches for vendors, phone calls and book keeping in your life (project management) vs. swinging the hammer or fixing a toilet yourself because you're forced to put those systems in place.I live in a similarly expensive city and would honestly be stoked to find a duplex in Denver for $600K!

Tried a simple Google search but was surprised at how thin the options seemed to be.

You can also find real estate investing groups through meetup.com, facebook, or a Google search.

I would get 3 quotes from contractors with good review from google and go from there

It would be like a Google search for delinquent properties?

Most of us do not live there.Try FB groups, Google or Thumbtac.

I do not think that I could have avoided the impacts of the great recession.I have never heard of DTS's and will Google to see what they are. 

You can manage everything with Zelle, Gmail and Google Drive.

You can also find real estate investing groups through meetup.com, facebook, or a Google search.