It is more difficult now to buy property with a big enough spread to do it with little money out of pocket.

But they are far more difficult to manage.

Without knowing the companies you are invested in, it is a little difficult to really make reccommendations. 

Being active duty makes it difficult to be able to really focus on my real estate investing, I can only imagine what my business would be like if I could put even 50% of my time into it.  

Provo is a great place and will not likely drop much even in a downturn (I have 2 buy and hold rentals there now) Trying to cash flow any new purchases in Provo is extremely difficult unless you buy condemned property and rehab it all your self (and don't mind still paying $150/sq ft for that) There are to many wanting to pay too much and gamble on appreciation.

It is very very difficult to have credibility with the investor community if you're not an investor yourself.  

@Eric DeVito personally, I think SFR is the better way to go in Indianapolis if you are not there locally. 2-4 unit MF can be very difficult.

So I was originally thinking about wholesaling to start but after listening to some podcasts it seems like that is really difficult to do since it involves much precision (one of the casts recommended it for the experts). 

I have a potential deal, but having a difficult time finding financing.

And doing this from 2 hrs away seems very difficult.