I would not recommend the Hartford market as a whole to newbie OOS investors at all: like you said there’s nobody there willing to manage them and if you do find somebody, there’s a good chance they’ll put your rent money in their arm, up their nose or in a crack pipe.

The passive investment industry has fractured a bit and that leaves investors a few different choices and options of how to go about investing.

We're retired, we don't want to be hard-nosed Ahole landlords.

If you use hard money, you will pay through the nose in interest rates and need to have a super hot property whose value guarantees the investment.

I will continue to put my nose to the grindstone and keep learning everything I can while trying to get started and try to avoid getting mired down in research paralysis. 

These days I'm keeping my nose in the direction of front doors, escorted by realtors & out of windows & broken back doors. :) the air is much cleaner there. :)

He also gets his nose out of joint if I walkthrough a property without him.

Once I get past the hold your nose time of the first year that is when it looks ok.

It depends if you have the stomach or nose for the long game.

We've never done a bonus commission to the listing agent.Account Closed  Long time no see, good to see you're still around, I remember you from the "old days."