Melissa, my wife and I are digital nomads as well. 

So with everything else I’m doing - day job, Real Estate Sales, wholesaling, my digital marketing business.

Feel free to reply on here, message me through BP or check out my digital business card for my contact info:Linqapp.com/Nathan_Shepard

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I'm all about passive income so I have my money lent out on private mortgages giving me double digit return and paid monthly; therefore the investment income from these mortgages cover the cash outflow I have on my properties so cashflow wise I'm ok.

You should be able to find a lease template from your state's landlord association which you can also send to be digitally signed using these software.

What might be a better/safer bet, would be to do 30 day corporate rentals for digital nomads and corp travelers unless of course, you aren't able to block off entire months to rent out while you're not here.

I don't think you can say the same this time - market is/was crazy hot, on par with markets like Seattle, Florida, etc, with double digits appreciation, bidding wars, shacks held together by termite spit selling for hundreds of thousands, etc. 

@Andrew Schultz  is another friend of ours who is very familiar with the idiosyncrasies & PM of Buffalo.Personally we are predominantly in Niagara/Orleans county but have a couple of nice double digit COCROI mixed use commercials in Buffalo.

Double digit get caps are to be had if you know where and have the right team.