Taking possession of a rental property is a legal matter.Abandonment is never straightforward, and I am sure the pandemic complicates matters further.

This is known as the "Travelling Salesman" problem, and it is actually quite computationally complicated. 

And even in a market that is underperforming and you can find properties like those, in the end these are properties that most people do not want, properties that will not appreciate in a normal market.The generalised appreciation trend from 2013 has been basically driven by artificially low interest rates.I would like to make another point: this BRRRR thing is marketed as something quite simple, actually a way to work less, or spend more time with family etc and it is really the opposite, it is complicated, it is capital intensive, it is labor intensive and requires a lot of supervision.

No sense in complicating things.

Real estate tax returns are usually too complicated for new investors. 

You're more likely to see a more basic sort of backsplash in a cheaper house and a more complicated sort of backplash in a more expensive house.

It wouldn't be a complicated process to get setup as an independent broker, but that's something I would need to think over. 

It's complicated...interest rates, inventory, labor/materials costs, general economic conditions...they all drive housing prices. 

It's not really that complicated to buy out of state.

Now, regarding investing in properties out-of-state is a complicated topic.