IF you go down this path you may want to find a property management company that specializes in working with these types of properties and renters.

Find them through Google and meetup.com You can network via phone till you get there.I have a list of our latest emerging markets across the country if you want to have a copy EMAIL me I can send as an attachment.Paul

Good luck in your investing and hopefully we will cross paths.  

It all worked out and this was the beginning of my investment path.

Or he might tell you that if you do this he will no longer work with you, at which point you will have to decide which path you want to take.

You need to create assets that pay you, whether you work or not.The real estate business (whether as an agent, investor, or any other role in the industry) is one of many paths. 

They hold 70% of all residential mortgages in the country for very good reason. 

I have been visiting family most every year and now that I've retired I have been residing in both countries during the year I sold my ranch in Oz in 2010 and bought my first sfr in the central valley in 2012 cash during the next couple of years I tried to by others but could not get finance,as it turns out for various reasons i.e. no credit score for lack of history for the years I was away, foreign assets and income is not acceptable here in the U.S.  

However, I'm hesitant because not only am I moving to a different state in 9 months, but my future husband and I will end up moving again in a few years & could end up living outside of the country (military life!).

The islands are very close to mainland China / Asia, and those countries investors are actually coming more to the US to look for RE these days.