Create realistic projections to see how much the revenue and expenses would be with the new properties vs old ones & see how this would change if you scaled up from 2-10 properties.

This drives exponential scale financially and in life which is the ultimate in passive.Additionally, I know several Canadian financial planners who say that many of the tax benefits we enjoy in the US on RE are very limited in Canada.  

We live in California and, to your point, we see great potential in “virtual wholesaling” in a less saturated market and leveraging digital marketing to scale.

But this is applicable to a small scale.

That is the #1 most important piece and very difficult to afford without scale.

@Thomas Marvelle on a scale of "Meh.." too "Great-Gouga-Mouga" I give this a rating of "TURD-BURGER". 

There are some sample manufactured home purchase agreements in books on the subject.

Surface level rehabs on larger scale apartments can be done for $7500/door, but this is not a gut.

But I'm curious to hear of creative ways investor friendly realtors help their out of state buyers and make it a win/win, possibly monetizing and scaling that 'in between' job of managing vendors to get these deals rehabbed and rented. 

I would also blog about the entire process, start building a thought leadership platform and connecting with more investors so that I could scale from 8-15 to 30-50 and eventually up to 75+.