Its hard Trying to decide on a location to invest in. Knowledge is power   I can think of a few things that would be really useful for predicting an areas home values or rent in the future. Knowing things like median ...

We currently keep a tight audit on our STR in Dallas to make sure everything is tip top before future guests check-in and I know that won't be possible with a property at a distance.Any feedback/advice would be greatly appreciated!

Move step by step, use what you know and who you know, and ask for tips from those who've been there.Good luck!

This would be my first subject-to deal so I was curious if there was anyone who could provide some tips or support me in the details (paperwork, insurance considerations, using a land trust or not, structuring the terms advantageously, things to look out for)?

Thank you for sharing these great tips and information.

ToniThose are really solid tips!

Still doing my "market research" using Brandon Turner's tips from The Book on Rental Property Investing but I would love to talk to someone local about their experiences and recommendations.Thanks in advance!

any tips / alternatives? 

I just should have left that information out in general as it steered the whole conversation away from the question about tips on investing with partners and it seems like the thoughts is to start off investing on my own and then go in on future properties with them.

Remember, we are a billion times more likely to be living in a simulation of a universe on some alien teenager's computer than living in an actual universe anyways, per the academic philosophers, (Nick Bostrom in his 2003 paper, “Are You Living in a Computer Simulation?)