But the main thing is...are they COLLECTIBLE.. and if there is any doubt in your mind, get a CO-SIGNER.Nancy Neville

Here is the main reason why... when you sell the property that's the last time you made money on that property. 

Why not start small and buy some rural vacant land, say Kern or San Bernardino County (or anywhere in the country) for a $500, sell for $1500 and keep growing your acquisition balance to where you are comfortable enough to make some other choices?

Private lenders are all pretty much stated income - we mainly look to see that your strategy/plan is sound and you have money in the bank to make it happen.

If this unit shares the address and the utilities with the main house then it would certainly be considered a 1 unit home. 

I mainly looking to get into BRRRR properties or just buy and hold rentals for now but definitely would like to get into flipping once I'm able to move back to Pittsburgh.

You can definitely read books on rental properties in general, and maybe a little bit on management (out-of-state you'll likely be needing to manage the property manager as your main duty).While I can't think of books specific to it, there are still lots of resources.

In his location, 600 is normal and above is lucky.The problem is if only the OOS Cash Flow story gets told, a lot of people who want to live in these great Metro areas will eventually find themselves priced out or moving to the very same location they are buying their Cash Flowing Properties, but not by choice.

Didn't have a choice apparently.

Another option if the main reason for you wanting to exit these investments is that you don't want to do the repairs yourself any more would be to hire a property manager to handle all of the maintenance, showings, and rent collections.