There was no physical evidence that this ever was a gas station. 

I live in the Denver Market and I would prefer to get my feet wet by purchasing my 1st property locally versus a property in another market that I would not be able to physically drive to. 

I have a pretty good chunk of equity and was planning on doing a refi to get into the game but the mortgage company (Suntrust) just told me that Texas has a law that states a mortgage company must have a physical office in the state before they can do cash out refi's.I guess I could do a HELOC but I'm a little hesitant.  

Scott's book on estimating rehab costs: https://www.biggerpockets.com/store/flipping-estimating-physical

However the days I️ do work are physically draining and I️ often switch between night and day shifts, paired with a 45 minute one way commute this makes for an undesirable job.

We are both physically located in the northern suburbs of Atlanta but do everything electronically so location isn't very important. 

The vast majority of hacks involve insiders with physical access or knowledge of the target.

I noticed their kids were mistreating them, and at times physically harming them. 

I was very excited to learn I can get into real estate without doing any of the physical labor. 

I have a few questions regards to physical inspection during due diligence that I'd appreciate some inputshould I just walk each unit myself (and possibly bring one of contractors who worked with me before), or is it worth to hire professional inspectors to inspect all units (or a selection of units)?