Out-of-state investing makes the most sense for me—it’s impossible to cash flow anywhere near me, and moving wouldn’t make sense because I wouldn’t be able to earn the same wages or find the same kind of jobs.Before this purchase, I already owned two properties: a long-term rental outside Houston, Texas, and a short-term rental in the Sierras in California.

And after their visit, more than 48 of those detergent pods "disappeared".

California, Oregon, Washington, Illinois, New York are all MUCH worse for landlords!

Hey John,I own 12 units in Detroit but currently live in California.

This targets family’s between homes, either because they just moved to the area; have a definitive time work contract; current house is being rebuilt/remodeled/repaired; students with “rich” parents; recent separated/divorced who needs space for children visits; Houston medical center stays; etc.  

We are open to investing locally however living in Orange County CA, I don't know if that is possible?  

In CA it can be 500k to 1 mil or more. 

For example, if she can't visit the property, is she good at record keeping (so everything is organized at tax time) or finding vendors, comparing product prices, finding free or low cost items on Facebook marketplace to improve the rental)3. emergency fund.

We are preparing our schedule to start visiting, and we sre planning to start with Rochester!

In CA, there used to be two different house numbers and it was straight forward to rent them as a separate unit.