LA is maxed out on affordability and buyers and renters are feeling the strain, can it go higher it seems so rents just keep going up like crazy but sales are slowing and prices will too.Do you want to be a long distance landlordDo you want the freedom to take cash off the table and wait for a dealKeep us posted

Corner row home in Butchers Hill that is walking distance to Patterson Park & Johns Hopkins Hospital.

A lot of us self-manage our properties, which for most of us are long-distance - it's not difficult and if you want to maximize revenue, it's definitely what you want to do.  

Jeremy Karja If someone is going to pay full market value for your house, there is a good chance they will want to be an owner-occupant.Someone looking for a rental property is going to make a different offer (probably lower) as they will need to consider repairs, capex and all other things impacting their net cashflow on the investment.Some lenders will allow you to go up to 85% LTV on a primary residence HELOC, depending on your FICO score, DTI, other investment holdings, etc.If reducing your commute time is priority, than you wouldn’t need to be concerned with drafting up a lease agreement with the buyer anyway.

The property is with in walking distance to the courthouse square which has some shops and places to eat so it seems like a good location minus the neighborhood.

When it’s done right, you can casually manage your properties from a distance if you decide to travel, and when dealing with one software platform or portal, it’s kind of like having 6 kids or 8 kids....after the first couple, you don’t really even notice when another one shows up.

I see a lot of folks (including myself) picking up rentals in the small towns within commuting distance.

@Eli MilesI also live in NYC, truth is, numbers here are extremely tough... no way around it for the most of the Northeast.Within reasonable distance, I am not sure if you can hit the two-hour mark.

I am looking at a long distance investing maybe brrr.

I don't want to take away from the sales promotion for Scott's book on this post, but does your (@Mindy Jensen) crystal ball show David's books "Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance, Repeat" and "Long-Distance Real Estate Investing" being bundled and sold at a reasonable discounted price?