In the first video he spends around 5 minutes trying to explain Lease Options but completely fails.

@Camille Romerounless you are able to spend some significant time in your chosen location in person, and work on building a network there, i would pick a market closer to NYC, within a couple hours.  

Even the subpar situations we have no control over.

Time Commitment - Basically if one of you spend more time on the project than the other they should be compensated for that time.

Spending on expensive upgrades is not the answer to improve your tenant base in this type of area.Keep the homes habitable, clean, and safe. 

Otherwise, you'll have to get tenant & owner manual opt-ins for everything with little, if any, control.

This could be just specific to the real estate industry, but in both recruiting and cybersecurity consultants (hackers for hire), the ones that start their own business/consultancy, are the ones who after spending 2 years (usually exactly 2 years which is when recruiters will message them), the high performer will either 1.

So when you need to go check on things, rent units, meet contractors, etc, you're jumping in the car for 6 hours, spending 1hr there, and I'm thinking after a full days's work. 

They're not bad people, and they do want to spend their time with loyal clients. 

So far, nothing.The point is that I believe people spend a lot of money, time, and effort protecting themselves against a non-existent threat.