I’ll have you know I graduated top of my class in the Navy Seals, and I’ve been involved in numerous secret raids on Al-Quaeda, and I have over 300 confirmed kills.

There is no "secret sauce". 

The secret to out of state investing is having a good team around you (realtor, property management, contractors, lenders etc.) 

So things that are showstoppers for me will be fine for other people.The 2 principals of DiversyFund Inc also ran a previous real-esate investment firm from DiversyFund.com called CCFG dba ("doing business as") DiversyFund.Per the Better Business Bureau on CCFG dba DiversyFund in 2017: "The company stands accused of secret profit or undisclosed compensation, use of false or Fictitious Business Names, failing to submit independent audit report, failing to file with the BRE the Quarterly Threshold Reports, failing to supervise the real estate activities of the company, inaccurate and incomplete trust fund records, inaccurate and incomplete recording of separate record for each beneficiary or transaction, and failing to maintain the monthly reconciliation of all the separate records or transactions to the balance of the record of all trust funds received and disbursed."

The dirty little secret about residential investing is this: it's a lot of work, and it pays you once.

The dirty little secret about residential investing is this: it's a lot of work, and it pays you once.

It's super close, in path of progress, and you can find value (though I think the secret is out). 

I was secretly emotional as well seeing him like that.

Since the buyers have been living in the house, there shouldn't be too many secrets, lol.

@Luther Avery Northwest Arkansas is the best known secret in the US!