Having a long-term rental while living abroad is do-able.Flipping houses while abroad, in my opinion, more difficult, especially if its your first go around with real estate.I would recommend taking a flight and staying in the area for a week and inspect the neighborhoods and make connections.You can reach out to @Elenis Camargo who has a PM company in Jacksonville.Best of luck though.

In my opinion, they should be used surgically, and not as blunt instruments.The most dangerous are "First month free" and the like.

- In your opinion

Additionally, add in the ambiguity/risk of the due on sale clause or ramifications on the conventional loan of transferring the property from your individual name to an LLC - the economics don't make sense, and the headache isn't worth it even if it did, in my opinion!

I would like some honest opinions/ experiences from everyone about my crazy plan!

Here’s our OPINION for the Metro Detroit market (use as a template for your target area!)

And once they announced so, everybody simply followed the IRS opinion without questioning it.

Also @Andrew Syrios thank you for your opinion also, it´s pretty much helpful to have different opinions and perspectives, but still difficult to decide when someone it´s just beginning.  

An appraisal can be good, but it is an OPINION of value.

Here’s our OPINION for the Metro Detroit market (use as a template for your target area!)