You will find other newbies there and others who are only a few months ahead.

@Staci Kou I think it's a good idea to show them the lease ahead of time and they can show it to their parents if they like. 

Hello @Amanda Skipper,While there's no better way to truly get a feel for a market than by being on the ground and exploring the neighborhoods firsthand, I want to assure you that investing remotely is absolutely doable—and many successful investors do just that.In fact, I know several investors who have built substantial portfolios in Memphis, and they’ve never physically visited the city, and they've done so successfully by leveraging local expertise, market data, and a solid support network.

If you just called someone up and asked how you could help them, you would be ten steps ahead of Bobby, who is stammering through the first line of a script from 1974 about a cash offer when the homeowner bought the house for 51k in 1978 and it's worth 804k (aka does not need cash, he needs a place to go).Agree 💯!

If you think ahead, you can minimize recapture with the right tax planning.So...

It sounds like there is some scale in the deal for a fix and flip, but you would surely be way out ahead of your skis to do that based on what you said.

You usually need to lock up the deal and get a lot of those things done during the process.Buying near your son's college would be a great idea if you plan on having him house hack there and manage or learn or use one unit as short-term or mid-term for when you visit. 

Quote from @Tar-U-Way Bright: Quote from @Shannon Strickland: @Tar-U-Way BrightI too house hack and learned everything I could ahead of time from BiggerPockets (e.g., bootcamp, forum, books).

In the last few month we had 2 visits of officers from the Special Enforcement office, the first time I spoke with them they said they were just trying to see the airbnb listing to make sure it was in compliance with their requirements, I had guests in the room and I didn't let them in.

Despite all that, I did visit a couple of nice neighborhoods (not many) and if the properties you're looking at happen to be in one of those, you're at a much better spot than what I have described above.