@Mario Walker I would say the first thing you need to do once you star contemplating going out of state is to stop thinking of yourself as a "landlord" but rather as investor.

I was contemplating to do the same as Keith Fowler by pulling out my 401k that I do not contribute too anymore and take the hit.

What I'm debating on at this point is whether or not to add a pool to the design seeing that the bulk of the homes in the area where I'm contemplating on buildings has pools.

We are contemplating buying the complex, remodeling and renting them for long-term income.

I am currently contemplating whether I should get my realtor's license in Washington state.

I am contemplating on taking the risks and buy a few of these and hold and rent for years.

For example, we once were contemplating moving to an LLC but the transfer tax was 4.5% of the market value of the property.

I'm contemplating the area of short-term rentals (thru Airbnb for example), as well as house flipping.

Getting to here has been a 2 year journey - reading, analyzing, contemplating, no action, repeat.  

Am I going to learn or re-learn truly useful stuff, like the above for how to help mothers with newborns get a right-sized house for the expanding family (which incidentally might benefit Quinton the REI in a bad HML), or is it going to be a bunch of useless mind-numbing junk that makes me want to contemplate self-harm?