Her income now is SS of around $2400 and a basic 40hr office job that pays all of $17/hr, but she is retiring with this move.

There are several 4 plex properties under 1m and a nice 3 plex, fully renovated for 900k.

Sufficient infrastructure: Companies select locations with major airports, highways, and a large population of potential workers.

The key is a great contractor and a clear, detailed, well-thought-out scope of work. 

I've seen some as low as 6k and as much as 14k annually.

I am in Orange County, California, and a 4-unit in Newport Beach with one unit being a 3/2 for example LTR would not bring in 7K gross income on that unit.

Find out what buyers are purchasing on the MLS and then try to land those listings. ( Example: Research tells you after looking on MLS that 4 bed,2 bath brick house sitting on 1 acre with a 2 car garage and a basement for 250,000 make up 75% of all sales in the area.

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.

This.Also, if you were the tier 1 worker bee at a relocation company who wants to get a family housed, happy and as quickly as possible, would you accept the word of a guy who sells a course to new-to-MTR investors that "here is Eli; please send him all of your business.

Even if you do find such a deal, getting it to cash flow after repairs and a cash-out refinance is extremely difficult, especially for single-family homes.