We now own 9 rentals, have flipped 4 homes, flipped I don't know how many mobiles, and own a real estate brokerage.We are in the early stages of working with a local fellow BP member who is close to your situation, 15-20k of capitol.  

I am still in the initial stages of building up a passive cash flow, but I can see this being a big obstacle in the future when I decide to go full time REI.

c) Are you budgeting for staging?

But for right now, I'm still in the research and learn stage.

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I am only in the very beginning stages of starting my business so I am a newbie to everything. 

Not really into buy and hold at this stage of my career.

Under foreclosure search look for notices that were recorded from 2009-2010 (or some other time where loan mods were big), and then under Foreclosure Stage select NOD's that are "Outdated", and NTS's that are "Cancelled".

I know I will need to hire someone to manage the property, but before I can even get to that stage, does anyone have any recommendations for finding out of town investments?

@Rob Cee  from a non builder private passive investor construction loans are the most risky one could do... the risk is builder fails in the middle or ( like a builder I know ) built a home 3 inchs out of plumb.. caught at framing stage only way to fix was to tear it all down and redo it.he chose to finish it... and it looks like it should be at the Mystery spot.. doors crooked etc. house value to some one but steep discount.Liens  like here in Oregon properly filed mechanics liens are super liens...