The price-to-rent ratio makes sense from an investment standpoint, but further research is needed to identify whether those respective areas will prosper.

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.

Or you can offer a low enough price to make sense.

Unfortunately, I wasn't able to purchase that piece of land but this one still made sense to purchase.

Our lot is fenced in and we cannot see where he lives but close enough to be of concern, but we want to stay in the same town until the kids are finished school.So, my question is this, would it make sense to rent our home (roughly $2300-2500/mo. as per real-estate agent claims), with the stipulation that the garage is used for my business AND buy a home nearby?

Even if you personally have just a modicum of design aesthetic sensibility, after reviewing 20 or 30 properties, you will quickly be able to get a sense of the winners.My 2 cents,Mike

Even with appreciation, the rent-to-price ratios here still make sense.

You probably need to pocket 20%-30% of the upside over the first three years to make this make sense.  

It cash flows without the utilities split but I am planning to hold onto for a long time so splitting the utilities seems to make sense.

Is my out of box thinking not make sense and be a waste of everyone's time?