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Or at least someone who comes to visit every so often.

However, we happen to be visiting for the holidays now, so we're about to tile a floor in one of our rentals while we're here.

I have some friends on Contadora that I visit EVERY CHANCE I GET!

I do have one in another city that I still handle myself, but only because I have plenty of family there, visit often anyway, and I have systems in place for repairs and things.

One tip that I picked up here is while you are starting out and saving money for your investments, start driving / visiting areas you would like to invest in so you get a feel for prices, rents , house conditions etc, and visit and look at lots of homes and open houses so your eye get used to looking at repairs / upgrades that are normal in a particular market.

We meet people in person at a public place and then over-book the property visit to create some buyer frenzy...works well for us.

We will have to ask the builder but they are asking the buyers to not visit the site since construction is ongoing but of course I would like to keep track of the home in the event of times like this where there is a huge discrepancy in exterior paint color.

Welcome Marie, You may want to visit the BP meet up sponsored by @Phillip DwyerIf you ever want someone to run things by you're welcome to call me anytime.

Taxes aren't my strength though so you may want to visit with a CPA on this type of question.