Alternatively, I could explore hard money lenders.

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Plenty of people invest remotely, and as long as you have modest expectations (not chasing the highest possible yield), and are using light leverage, and don't get suckered into buying in a part of town that you wouldn't feel comfortable visiting in broad daylight, plenty of people do this and do... fine.

I live in a small rural town in MissouriIts an airbnb but I've had people from a solar plantation project in there for the last 5 months renting out at 2250. 

One option might be to explore adding air purifiers or filters directly into the system to help mitigate odors.

Once we lowered the price to $1 less than everyone in town we filled right up.

A bit, but with all of the chip factories, companies, and new developments coming to town I don't see it softening for long.

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Now that was a side of real estate that I hadn’t explored.

Consider a market that you visit often, have family in, went to college at, spent time in the past.You will have a better sense of what the good / bad parts of town are compared to a city you never visited.Best of Luck!