Also, we met a number of people who recommended that on our next trip down that way that we check out Asheville, North Carolina.

you may want to hire a company to do this for you  ... city is frustrating ... although I just did a PLA merging 4 lots and creating 3.. and I was able to do that myself.. took 5 seperate trips and a year to the city.

In Texas, good cities are mid-sized college towns, like Lubbock (Texas Tech) and Waco (Baylor, also Magnolia Farms for girl's trips).

As a general rule, as long as youre making the payments, no lender cares if you left town on a year long business trip and no-one  is monitoring whether you live in the home or not.

All three of us have local investment portfolios of our own.Don't hesitate to speak to a couple of us, and/or come to our investment clubs and meet ups if they happen to coincide with a Boise trip.

Trip charge + per hour charge....

As an out of state investor, when I make a trip down to Alabama I'll be making a point to look at your class schedule!

{BTW:  These are my favourite kind and, if you buy them right, you can do quite well in the long term}.While I am familiar with Calgary on a personal level {from my youth and family who live there}, I am much better equipped to answer your questions about investing in Saint John (or other parts of the Maritimes).  

Hey Kevin:Not legal advice here...... by the way.Not sure how to answer all of your questions but I think if this is your first time through the process it may be good to think about using an agent.I put in an offer on some land that we have under contract and it took a long time and I accidentally left some stuff out in writing up the offer myself.It wasn't a deal breaker and you can do it, though.Just get a regular 'purchase agreement' that's in line with your state requirements.What tripped me up was not having as much detail on who had responsibility for paying property taxes based on when the property closed.Same thing on your #5 question, make sure closing costs are spelled out in exquisite detail would be my recommendation. 

We will refine our systems to a point where my involvement is limited to the start of a project and can be done via the phone and computer (already doing this, just want it better).5) Launch the 2nd ever PNW Big Bad *** Real Estate Wealth Expo in Seattle WA, this time with over 65 vendors and over 1000 attendees by the end of April 20186) Starting June, take my wife on a 3 month US road trip.