Diversifying your portfolio can protect you in the event that 1 or 2 markets you invest in are losing cashflow or even worse - failing.My theory is to keep your money invested as long as you can and don't take that cash flow for profit.

I’ve been listening to bigger pockets podcasts for a long time while getting out of bad consumer debt.

as mentioned probate attorney but realize this process is going to be long and tedius. the brother would need to open probate and then any and all heirs besides him would have to get notified etc.

DST's have low returns like 5% and lots of fees, but other syndications like mortgage notes can earn up to 12% out of the gate with no record of failure, thus potentially offsetting that initial tax hit in the long run, but you have to do the math. 

@Sean O'Keefe not sure about KS or CA, but in VA as long as you are a broker you can have an unlicensed person act as a property manager on your behalf as long as they are your employee.

If you were renting it short-term and had different guests coming and going every few days, then long-term renters may be concerned.

Over the long term rents rise and RE appreciates.  

I'm not in PA but if you're investing out of state, you should definitely check out David Greene's book on the topic: https://www.amazon.com/Long-Distance-Real-Estate-Investing-S...

Newbie here looking to get into the long-term rental game.

It can be done and many do it, just realize it will take 3x as long to get going and cost 3x as much.