You'll learn so much more while you're house hacking vs being a long distant landlord.The owner occupant loans for house hacking (3-5% down) will probably be similar to a downpayment to a long distance rental (20%05% down on a 350k house hack in Denver is 17,50020% down on a 100k property in Pueblo is $20,000.Of course you'll have closing costs on both, but that'll be a few thousand bucks and similar for both.

No more renting to distant family members or NICE people.

Did you make several trips to this distant location to view properties?

Just make sure you have boots on the ground with skin in the game with you when you are long distant investing.

Feeling detached or distant from yourself, your body, your physical surroundings, or your memories?

My wife’s grandparents live out there and we visit frequently and is a place we eventually will want to relocate in the distant future.

The wiring, plumbing, and insulation are the things you are hoping someone in the not too distant past has already redone.

That said, you would have to wonder about your liability if one of those systems did fail in the not too distant future. 

Bigger Pockets team,I am moving to TX in the not-so-distant future and am looking to buy a duplex (owner occupy initially and then rent out both units in the future).

Bigger Pockets team,I am moving to TX in the not-so-distant future and am looking to buy a duplex (owner occupy initially and then rent out both units in the future).