I've been dabbling for the last year or so in the residential world doing side projects, helping friends and family with renovations on their personal homes and managing my own live-in flip. 

@Jon Paul @sunnyI’ll add you to the list.Jon feel free to reach out if you need assistance identifying a new AIRBNB, my partner is a licensed broker in the Poconos.

Hi Vinay, I have been living in the Jersey City/Hoboken area for 14+ years...and also have a few rentals in the area. 

Check those to see who lives the furthest away of the absentee owners and start there (or with the oldest people).

It's probably the best way to get started and learn what it's like to own properties while gaining equity and limiting your living expenses.

I am in the Atlanta area, let me know if I can be of assistance. 

Live and learn I guess haha.2.

And I would perhaps instead start with one to make sure it's going to work well.On another note, living near the Swannanoa River myself, your comments about building cabins on a river give me pause.

Not having kids, the property served as a write off as i had moved into an apartment in Phoenix. 18 months after moving to Phoenix i purchased a single family home in which to live in Scottsdale, AZ.

You can give notice to one of the tenants, then move in and rent out rooms to further cut your living expenses.Yes, something I've considered but does require me to move from CA to TN, so big life change.