The mobile home I would only want to keep for a few years to live in before building a new home. 

For FHA 203 loans, you are allowed to not live in the property while renovations are being completed, so long as the renovations dictate that you cannot/should not live in the home.

Finish the project, take great pictures and go live quickly. 

I also live in Bay Area and interested in OOS investing.

AlabamaAlabama residents enjoy a low cost of living and a thriving economy.

The judge scoffed at this and told him that he needed to file a motion for this, but he hadn't and when the tenant asked how to file it, he answered "I'm not your legal counsel".The judge asked him where he will go if he gets evicted and the tenant answered that he will live in his car.

To me it was most important to have a group of 6-15 people that I felt I could really connect with and we could help each other in the area where I live

I had taken the entire profits from this flip and I reinvested it 30m away from where this contractor lived (DFW) where I myself, live in Wisconsin.

@An Lan I’ve lived in many cities where overseas investors do this.

Property in Ohio is cheaper than where you live because it’s less desirable and will always attract less desirable tenants with higher maintenance and more evictions.