Having a long-term rental while living abroad is do-able.Flipping houses while abroad, in my opinion, more difficult, especially if its your first go around with real estate.I would recommend taking a flight and staying in the area for a week and inspect the neighborhoods and make connections.You can reach out to @Elenis Camargo who has a PM company in Jacksonville.Best of luck though.

This was my first investment property and I had a poor inspector who missed all the electrical and even though the roof had about 5 years left my insurance company made me do that.

I looped in the owner of the company but things are still pretty rough. 

A 20% down payment will allow you to have a positive cash flow, even using conservative projections and a property management company.

You provide an excel sheet with basic information about the companies and they return all the contact info you could want for about $0.15 per lead.I have not been able to find an equivalent for Canada.

Companies like State Farm, Allstate, or Chubb often come up in conversations, but comparing quotes with independent brokers might give you the best value.Since you're in a general partnership, it”s critical to clearly define liability exposure.

Does anyone have any contacts to their acquisitions team and or their current buy boxes Companies below Cerberus Capital Management, L.PAngelo Gordon & Co.GoldenTree Asset ManagementFarallon Capital ManagementOaktree Capital ManagementI own one of the largest wholesale real estate company in Florida and we are newly into Texas for single family homes.

Of course, I run a cost segregation company BUT I would recommend that regardless.

And I think a lot of companies will realize that productivity is generally higher in cooler climates.

Some companies allow property owners to select tenants and set the screening criteria...We do not - our criteria does not bend.