As Ryan said, the local groups are excellent.

This is an excellent message @Natalie Cloutier. 

Right now I am halfway through a microsoft excel course.

No one with any credibility is going to quote you a rate without running your credit, and especially not here on BP.

@Alex Freelove,Hi Alex, That’s an excellent question.

Observe how they deal and communicate with you, how they make you feel, and how they work with people.Your property manager should also excel in negotiation and managing complaints because these will be vital in dealing with different types of tenants over the lifetime of your rental property.3.

So keep some reserves to ride out the storm and hopefully we'll all be excelling on the other side. 

(I hope the sellers don't balk about having to extend the closing date).In any case, its a great deal and the cash flow is excellent.

I self manage all of these properties and think you did excellent with the letter.

In fact, if you can become an excellent long distance investor while you are there making better money then you will be even better positioned to invest when you return to the continental 48 in a few years.