My teen even earned himself a Boy Scout Merit Badge in Home Repair at summer camp so he could help us out even more when he got back! 

Hello Fellow BPers,I'm heading to CT today for a day long scouting session.

I put up a scout ad on Craigslist and had to take it down after two days from the amount of people asking about it. 

There's a small pool of folks actively scouting this area, but I was the first in the door on this one. 

If they send me the standard Zillow inquiry then I’ll ignore it because they are likely just doing that to a boat load of listing and aren’t particularly interested in our property, they just are scouting the area.

Apartment hunting and real estate scouting this week.

You go scouting for them, and if they like what you have to offer, you assign the contract to them for a fee.

One might also note that to successfully invest in other "passive" income like multi-fam, syndication, or stock market, there is still some level of effort for the passive investor: attending investor meetings, scouting deals, managing the managers, arranging financing, monitoring monthly cash-flow and market reports, etc. 

My plan is to put the money I used to pay on a mortgage to myself into a savings account each month while I scout out a future deal.

But ideally we'd like both of our work commutes to be as short as possible because of our lack of experience - and competence driving in the snow.In our brief scouting of the area she has inevitably taken a liking to trendier areas like Lakewood, Tremont and Ohio City.