The next piece is marketing which is also challenging, and its best to make sure you have someone who can market and sell.

Personally, I think most newer investors WAY overthink this piece.

If, however, you look at real estate as fixed income, that's okay.If I could only give you one piece of advice, it would be to buy the property you want to own the most 10 years from now.

Or it might just be a fancy piece of equipment that never gets used that you could have rented the 3 times a year you need it.

It's been cut up, sold off and dispersed through the generations but our little piece is still where I like to call home.

IMO investing out of state requires a fantastic team before you buy a single piece of real estate. 

And I hope to be ready to buy within 9 months (we are moving from LA)  Hey Eric, Sounds like you have a solid goal and are putting the pieces into place.

I still haven't had the best of luck finding the right piece to the puzzle I'm building, so I thought if I let real estate agents, investors etc, that I do actually have we cash, and a normal job to fund these real estate investment's.

A drain pan is a $50, maybe $100 piece of plastic that should have already been there unless they cracked it trying to install their washer. 

But, you get the piece of mind knowing it’s likely done correctly.