David Greene wrote "Long Distance Real Estate Investing" which gives you a great tutorial, but I suggest looking at deals in the Midwest or the Southeast to allow your portfolio to get a good base of cash flow, and then once you are ready for some more appreciation focused deals, you can change your target markets.

With only 100k to deploy the Midwest will offer cash purchases and more monthly cash flow and usually less dollar appreciation, long distance travel, and extra time to manage.

How are you handling your long-distance investment properties?

It's complicated trying to navigate, especially from a distance. 

Hi,I am fairly new to real estate investment. I currently live in the Midwest and am interested in purchasing a property in Huntsville or Chattanooga. I lived in the South for a while so I am comfortable investing in ...

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I did not want to manage the house from a distance and had plans to grow a portfolio in TX.

There are 2 areas in San Diego that I believe are likely to out perform the general San Diego RE market (and I am not invested in either due to distance from my base).  1) west Chula Vista (CV).  

Compare that to Providence, with 5500 hotel rooms, 1700 of which are within walking distance of their arena.This has a direct impact on the City not being eligible to host NCAA and major conference sporting events.The data in this article is mind-boggling.

Another option is a 3/2 single-family home within walking distance of the beach.