If I promote this offer online, it's likely that the property would be located further away.

Such services should include: - Creating enticing market listings and ads promoting the property at its best for high demand - Rental market expertise to provide recommended rent amounts for your property's market without recommending an inflated rent amount scaring away potential tenants or recommending a deflated rent amount causing less of a return monthly- Physically showing the home to potential tenants- Collecting/depositing monthly rents and bill paying- Vetting/screening applying tenants or managing non-paying/troublemaking tenants- Resolving maintenance repairs by hiring professionals to care for your investment - Turning your investment property move-outs quickly for new tenant placementLook for all of the above listed services and more when researching property management companies to receive the most return on investment!

I couldn't shake the belief that getting into real estate investing was going to be a long term beneficial decision, but we seemed to be stuck.

But I have to warn you about the sadness inherent in the road you are about to embark on, and give you one piece of advice.A lot of people have very strong opinions about this topic and no one is comfortable consider that their whole financial belief system might be in grave error.If you go from being less than financially successful to most of your friends (as something like an English language teacher) to more financially successful than most of your friends (as something like a real estate investor), you're going to realize that for some of these "friends," a very big reason they felt comfortable around you was because you initially validated their mistaken financial worldview.

Unsubtle self-promotion.)

This is considered self promotion.

so back to the question - I take it you're of the belief to just close the deal?

I wanted to go OOS and BRRRR everything, just as it is promoted on BP, but in the end I had a really tough time finding an agent I was comfortable on using in the market that I was looking at and couldn’t overcome the fear of getting taken advantage of, so I decided that I will start locally, even though it would be really tough for me financially.

No longer as cheap as it once was but I still promote BUY NOW!

Most gurus promote their programs and deliver bad or illegal advice on how to, so be careful depending on your state laws.