You will miss out on building relationships with agents that may be able to bring you deals.

I recommend for out of state investors to buy in a class B or A area and a nice well occupied building.

If you want to save some money you can simply look up the owner name on the county website.

I currently live in NYC area and am looking to house hack here (NJ/NYC) with a building up to 4 units (FHA loan).

Hey Fisher,Yes, you can live in your garage and rent out rooms in your house, provided that the garage is properly converted into a habitable living space according to local building codes and regulations.

I'm staying at a furnished home here in ybor and I see alot of land that is unused and alot of building that I feel can be repurposed to make the place better and help the people.

Looking to connect with any brokers or agents the handle Dutchess and Ulster Counties (NY). 

But you have to be a good salesman, you have to do your market research, financing research, and also build yourself a pipeline into the opportunity of whichever market is chosen.I have a Canadian client who runs things that way. 

I am looking to build a SFR for short-term rental, would be my first-time new build.I have engineer plans for well and wastewater stamped by the state of VT for up to 4 bedrooms.

In theory this would hopefully reduce my monthly rent costs and my payments would go to the new 2nd property to build equity.