I'd be willing to bet that if you ran an ad on CL that stated:"Free fuel tank.

I bet your first deal is closer than you think.

These two lights are as bright as a small star, and if you stand too close to them you will be physically hot from the heat they put out.

What are the steps you take to go ahead and get into these markets or do I need to physically go there and view these properties?

MLS's are local not national, your best bet would be to use one in the same city as the properties (assuming there all in the same city) because they should know the market there best.

I bet 80% of the top investors we work with across the U.S. are either licensed RE agents or brokers, or their spouse is licensed.  

Not difficult in the sense of physically difficult as much as you would just have to learn a lot more in order to understand the concepts.

The physical biz plan will be for your reference to help you. 

I know that seems like quite the process but I am trying to verify if that would indeed be a possibility as I currently don't have 10 weeks in which I could physically attend classes in Ohio

Arlington, Marysville (less than 1% physical vacancy), Stanwood, Everett, Mukilteo, Snohomish, Monroe, Sultan, University Place, Fircrest, Lakewood, Tacoma, Puyallup, Sumner, Gig Harbor, Milton, Allenmore, Midland, Spanaway, Bonney Lake, Dupont