Or like you said they can purchase less and pay tax on the boot difference.

Gotta work on that reading comprehension, Drew.The second and third sentences of my post are literally:"I lived in Detroit for 5 years before moving out of state, and during that time, I built a strong network of contractors, handymen, and other boots-on-the-ground contacts.

I can do a roof for $300/Sq, they underbid me down like $99/Sq."

As a realtor, you'll be the boots on the ground.

Pete area  after the recent hurricane and was hoping to get some real, boots-on-the-ground insight.

They will be your BOG (boots on the ground) to be able to view the property.I will say that I did buy my current primary residence abroad and it wasn't fairly complicated, I would just do some things differently than I had initially anticipated if that makes sense.

Dave & Frank also put on a great boot camp 4-5 times a year (https://www.mobilehomeuniversity.com/mobile-home-park-investing-books-and-courses/mobile-home-park-investors-boot-camp.php).

I am the boots on the ground, managing the property and doing everything in between.

You need someone with boots on the ground and someone who has done this before.

Just curious why the average roof is replaced every 6 years in DFW.