Create a YouTube account.

Team of people watching notifications and contacting guests and if necessary going out to property to address issues.

and I gotta tell you it's really fun to get to see the impact of my legacy gifts while I'm still around to watch my children prosper.  

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Third, put the money into an account temporarily for a few months, settle in, buy yourself a gallon of your favorite Ice Cream, pop on the boob tube and watch a couple of good movies.

If it's "not your thing" then you are more likely to screw up, get tired, and watch the entire thing fall apart.

If your friend is more of a Youtuber, turn him on to Erin Spradlin's MTR channel.

I watched a webinar around that one. 

If properties in that area tend to appreciate more slowly, especially if you can't start renovations immediately, you may sit on that investment watching potential profits get eaten away at slowly as inflation passes appreciation. 

You can oversee this aspect from the background but don't try to directly engage a GC from out of State without having someone tied to your success there to watch what's going on.