However, when I told the tenant that I will provide one hotel suite for 4 people (2 queen bed with kitchen and free breakfast), she has started demanding me to provide room and board for everyone including the dogs.

I am already starting to see more activity in the market as the interest rates drop, across my listings and also more of my buyers becoming more active, I am sure this will be a domino effect and eventually cause sales volume to increase across the market as a whole both locally and nationally, DOM to decrease, and create a temporary FOMO in the market if rates drop to quickly.

If you just hire the cheapest or first PMC you speak with and it turns into a bad experience, please don’t assume ALL PMC’s are bad and start trashing PMC’s in general.

Have not yet started renovation but do have plans.

Recently I started working with a college kid who is doing some wholesaling to make some money and get his foot in the RE door.He had read about house hacking with a partner, where he applies for the FHA loan and finds a partner to cover the down payment.  

@Tyler Carter  Seasoning for value is not understood by a lot of investors before they start on a project and it should be.

You might find a off market priced property but use this to start doing analysis.

I guess a stupid opening question would be, what strategy is the best for a long distance investor to get started? 

I would be moving away from the area this property is in, in a couple months but will 3 hours away.

If done correctly, should only take an hour/week.