"New technologies are making it easier for small-time investors to become out-of-state landlords.Data services help would-be landlords pick neighborhoods with precision, feeding them detailed reports on sales prices, crime rates and local schools.

The difficulty now becomes managing seller expectations with market realities...

I am looking to expand my real estate portfolio to buy include commercial properties ( multi family) but I am having difficulties finding financing.

I do it all the time... even for potential Texas deals.Leverage technology.

I'm having difficulty trying to find a market rate rent to divide among the two couples.

Personally, I think real estate values in Hawaii are going to dip a bit in the short term, but due to the location, scarcity of land and homes, the difficulty in building new homes in Hawaii, and international demand, I think owning real estate in Hawaii for the long term makes for a worthwhile investment.Which island do you own your property on?  

If you are not up to date on the latest trends and technologies, the only thing you’ll be doing is wasting the time of both you and your customer.

Finding legal duplexes in my area is very difficult.  I

I definitely considered the possibility of doing STR, but I like the concept of LTR more just because when it’s not football season I could see getting bookings as a difficulty.

Hi John,You're finding out the difficulty in buying single family in the current market.