Subscribe to the business journal in that area to keep abreast of local business developments.

But as a previous post mentioned if you have some flexibility in your profession (time) and the personality to engage with tenants daily then it is truly possible to run things remotely when you go abroad.

Heartless and has an agendaIt's ironic you say this because the site is extremely friendly to your profession. 

It explains the team that you should develop to have a strong foundation under you while investing remotely.https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/core-four-real-estate-teamI’m an investor based out of Columbus, OH.

Develop a plan for marketing and bringing in new business.

Hope things continue to develop well and best of luck. 

I was just there for a business trip and found SLC to be booming in terms of economic development, entrepreneurs and more but haven't done any real RE diligence

Investing in developing countries is exciting but it's usually very hard and expensive to find financing for these projects.

I am not saying this to slight the profession but  at the end of the day real estate sales is truly a zero barrier of entry business.

The single family renovation is financed by a different lender than the larger development parcels.