Whenever you are buying a property out of state you should do a few things to ensure it's as smooth as possible.

I am even more perplexed why the story writer would plug his new business at the end!

Once you find the local bank that fits your criteria and goals, the rest should be smooth sailing.

Other than that we did the kitchen floor to ceiling, and we had the hardwoods redone the rest was mostly cosmetic smoothing walls and repainting and updating old hardware. we did a fair amount landscaping and tree trimming that really made the yard look much bigger!

watching and believing "house porn" on TLC2.

And like some of the previous writers said, go to REIAs and study your A%$ off and become an expert on investing.

That means there will be a lot of employees dedicated to making sure this runs smoothly.

Maybe if you survey them you may be able to target your investments better allowing your property sales to rotate through more smoothly and not tie up capital. 

There have been hundreds of billions in opportunity for decades if you can create efficient storage to smooth out off peak and on peak purchases.  

This way, the escrow process is smooth, and there is no delay in closing.