Even if we were in the same time zone, we are not interested in a loan officer who has set hours when we have this many deals on the table.If you are a pit-bull, who knows how to be creative, familiar with the STATE of Florida's lenders and work until the deal is closed regardless of the hours, send me a PM so we can talk.

I have property that is 10 or 11 time zones apart.

thank you, Ann Marie  Hi Ann Marie,It is possible but the main emphasis needs to be on establishing the right and trustworthy people on ground that will happily assist.I flipped a few properties while still living in Australia but it took me many sleepless night due to the time zone difference and networking for over 18 months until I found the right people for the job.Michigan and Ohio are 2 great markets.Thanks for reading and have a great day.

Sometimes my clients are overseas in various time zones so I am talking at all hours. 

Find at least one company that uses the software and ask them if you can call for advise if you are having trouble (preferably in your same time zone) A lot of the PM software companies have a 24 hr wait on support, so you either have to go to their support page and read to find your answers, or find a buddy you can call.

The prices will seem cheap and you will be tempted to buy everything,  and in some areas you can make 3%+ of the purchase price in rent, but those come with more headaches than you would want to deal with from 2 timezones away.

Communication is key, so you need to figure out how and what works in regards to the time zone differences. 

@Shepard Solomon I don't think being overseas should matter, besides the challenge of time zone differences, but you should be able to get a local real estate attorney to do the paperwork to transfer the title to your LLC, vice your personal name.

The time zones of where I am in relation to you two are pretty flipped.

Odd thing is that their staff works CA time zone business hours.Anywho: TCF does in fact require 5 years seasoning for short sales, good call on asking me to check that.So hurdle one, solution #2 then.