Quote from @Sofia De Santos Tavarez: Hello, my husband and I are looking to do our first rehab in a different city than where we live (we live in Austin and looking to buy in El Paso), and are wondering how one determines and writes a scope of work and determine what material to buy for what.

I'm done buying inflated NNN rents at 6-7% caps. 

I’m looking into buying a rental(s) in this area.

Our initial goal has been to buy a property every time the Army relocates me (roughly every two years) and rent it out afterward.

I’m trying to buy a second multi family.

Many of the best investments are the ones you don't buy.

The internet makes the world very small.As far as buying out of state, one challenge I did not see any other replies mention is your occupancy. 

Not following this - what does your buddies property have anything to do with a property you are buying?  

We ran out of time which caused us to buy a couple properties we probably shouldn't have at the bottom of our exchange list.The better ones were sold before we could buy them. 

Focus and consistency are going to be your best friends.Also, I wouldn't tackle buy-and-holds right now unless you currently have a high cash flow revenue stream in place.