Make a list of all four properties go once.

Care to share the details?

It is clearly possible to do well here, but as expats I believe you need to be extremely careful in entering the market.

I live in California (Central Coast) and have built a 12-door portfolio in Detroit, which has been a great market for both cash flow and long-term potential.Detroit still offers properties well below the $150k mark, with strong rent-to-price ratios and a market that’s seeing growth in key areas.

So, if deadline not met, we will send our people to handle.4) Vacant properties are easier to deal with, but we still require:- Owner must sign a Hold Harmless to indemnify us against any potential lawsuits relating to the work their contractor is doing and add us to contractor's insurance.--- Another lawsuit from a prospective tenant that slipped during a showing and when they grabbed the handrail, installed by owner's contractor, it collapsed and person injured.- Since we're not really in full control of the property, the Hold Harmless also indemnifies us against anything that goes missing at the property and squatters.We get asked/told to do all kinds of crazy stuff by owners, who either don't care what happens to us or haven't really thought everything through.Hope this addresses your question.

How much do you care about your money?

I use Suncoast to sell my property.  

Quote from @Brendan Jones: For the homes, and or properties that you will use as a primary or a rental property one big thing I look for is infrastructure in the area, extrinsic value (I.e. hospitals in the area, schools, and job market), and the last thing is creature comforts for people (I.e. is a store to get groceries 1 hour away or 2 minutes away).

I put my first property in Bend, OR with Avantstay and the number one thing I have to share is: they take very good care of the property. 

Also, it often helps to connect with a local agent/do extensive due diligence on renovated/new construction properties to see what the property may sell for or appraise for (if doing BRRRR method) as that can impact the price you should pay.