I am a out of state buy and hold investor in Tennessee and relocated to the Twin Cities last summer.

I'm actually hoping to relocate out of state in the next year or two, but at the moment, I'm thinking that a buy-and-hold strategy is what I primarily want to use to build my portfolio.

Their specialties are listed as like "buying, listing, relocation, staging, property management" etc.

@Gabriela Squassone Dearstyne, business relocations, population density/migration, local policy, new development, historical real estate price trends, landlord-friendly states, etc.

Thanks so much for your input here, very valuable info.Yep, my partner and I are actually open to relocating for a year if need be.

Job relocation pressure?

@Brenna ChalifourIn general, no.Unless you’re relocating for a job, you can’t use an FHA loan when you just bought a house 1.5 years ago.FHA loans aren’t meant for investors.

I ask as my four unit is in the dead center of rent control in LA and just to relocate a tenant to renovate their unit (if comparable units on the property are unavailable) is a completely unrealistic process (pay them per diem, hotel or airbnb equal to or exceeding their current accamadation AND I unable to collect rent during this time).Also, I had to buy out a tenant when I bought the place to the cool price of $21,000.

Normally second place doesn’t mean much… but being 2nd place to Austin for the relocation of Elon Musk / Tesla was big news and eye opening for me a year ago.

If the foreclosure, absentee owner, jobloss, death, relocation list was truly the way you find motivated sellers, like all you Biggerpockets podcast guests, gurus, YouTube influencers are blabbing out loud...