If you look OOS establish a team and learn the area before diving into a deal. 

The good thing about not having any tenants on your new purchase, it allows you to do a full remodel of the property and raising it to market rents when you lease the units up.

Just make sure that when you invest, you have a LOCAL team who you have dealt with and trust (Contractor/s and Property Manager at the very least).

Contractor was slow, so I started my own team Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

Then she offered to mentor me and share her contractors and maintenance team, etc. 

When it comes to the OOS investing, I can't speak to Indiana and teams you have in place there.

I can't think of a good reason, other than maybe being underwater in a house that won't sell, that a vet would allow a non-vet to take ownership of their entitlement.

I know dozens of investors from CA, and around the world that invest OOS all you need is a team.

Now the trickey part is according to Sec 8, the tenant was allowed 1000.00 for property tenant paid 600 and sec 8 paid the 400.

Hi @Barriet DeBoseOne thing to remember when you are getting into RE investing is to have your team of people or as Brandon Turner from the Bigger Pockets Podcast calls it your CORE 41.