This idea now has a common term - Virtual Assistant.

I would suggest doing both when it comes to wholesaling locally vs virtually.

Great to meet you, if only virtually.

Any tips for virtually investing my way through this deal?

A lot of guys use Virtual Assistants, such as remote workers in the Phillipines.

Your track record will permit you to really crush it if you add on a private money machine component.First, I would say the "form" of the structure really is not the key.

And that is a huge business.You tell the masses you can invest with no money, no credit and virtually no real estate experience, and make great money, people will throw there money to learn those secrets.I've met a ton of seminar investors, and usually they are very motivated out of the gate, but then quickly fizzle once they see how competitive this business really is.

The thing I didn't expect, however, is that it seems that virtually all of them are looking at either a 3 or 5 year ARM, many with no cap after the fixed rate period is up.

Our buisness partner puts up the cash but only has so much to put out right now and we all kind of feel we need to "prove" we can do this well before getting a well oiled machine going.

I personally balance being a traditional agent (30% of my time) with being a scout for deals on behalf of my investor clients (60%) through my lead generation machine (www.webuyhousessea.com) and the final 10% is allocated to my own personal investments which may or may not be found through my aforementioned 90%.All "agent" work is treated as personal income.