It's easy . . . until it's not.Who will drive over and troubleshoot when a tenant reports an electrical problem? 

I am going to talk to a CPA and all kinds of people I just know that the housing market in this area houses are skyrocketing and here is a housing shortage which is driving everything up.

If you survey the landscape of coaching program graduates, a consistent theme emerges: those that "make it" tend to have the drive, curiosity, passion, grit, relience and focus to weather the journey... 

I am looking for an investor friendly agent that could help me start in the east coast ( PA, NJ, MD, DE) within 1.5 hour drive from Philly.

### Final ThoughtYou’ve got the knowledge and the drive – now it’s just about taking that first step.

It is less about the size and more about the drive to get there. 2 hours round trip.

I suspect that is driving some of the behavior you are observing.  

I would say, as a new investor join one of your local REIA events. https://www.facebook.com/TheCharlestonREIA/Charlotte is a 3 hour drive from Charleston but the NCREIA is a pretty good one to join as well. https://www.facebook.com/NCREIABoth the Charlotte and Raleigh meetings have a good turnout of vendors and attendees.

Get on sparefoot and look up your "drive up" prices. 

We had previously looked into STRs (Gatlinburg), but it is a difficult segment to get into due to being so far away (5 hours driving) AND current interest rates.