I can't house hack because of the family situation so I can't be approved for regular loans that require you to make the property your primary residence. 

Hello all,My name is Slavik and I'm a new out-of-state investor looking to invest in Jacksonville, FL.Currently focusing on single-family houses, without a specific strategy in mind.

My journey officially began at 16 years old, right after high school, when my father and I sold the house he was going to gift me and my brother to fund our first vacation rental in Cozumel, Mexico.

See who has poor reviews or seemingly bad management and use something like PropStream to find the owner based on the cross streets and exterior of the house.

There’s a reason that big hedge funds still buy and hold houses.

It will be remote, but since you live there now, you probably already have connections who either already know the house or local friends to find you good people to service things as needed.  

Good old fashioned hard work and patience will get you your next house. 

I had a rental house that burned down. 

The photos online won't be of much use to you as the photos where the money spend is at are in the basements, attics, and the exterior of the house, and every corner of those if that helps.

We have a chronic housing shortage in Milwaukee.