I'm in Greenpoint but can travel.

Im not paying the bank interest, I dont have to pay rent $2,000 rent and I can travel anytime I want because I don't have a huge payment holding me back.

My current thoughts of what I could do to it:Get some portion of it habitable, or move a camper on site, or rebuild carriage house on property... make it my primary residence.Rennovate along the way.Get it in decent shape and take out a HELOC on the property for a handsome sum.Use heloc to finance pretty much any other flips I wanted to do.  

The property sits on 40 acres, has an old stick built converted to storage, an uncared for 2002 mobile (but not run down, appears to be made easily habitable with no major damage apparent from pics).

There is a way to do oos deals first and be confident, but it would take traveling over and over to the area so you know that area better than the locals.

Those smaller cities won't be attractive for a foreign investor, mainly due to lack of easy international travel, but for other reading this thread, interested in upstate NY for long term, first and second ring burbs of those locales should expect to see some decent appreciation in the next 4-8 years.

I have to travel 2 -  3 hours to get to the highest populated areas.Good luck! 

I am looking for any advice on how to prepare for such a career as a teenager; whether it be books to read, articles, ways to get more experience, or tips on skills and habits to develop.

I don't make a habit of counting other people's money but  The developer is selling a house for $450k cash and then basically paying $36,000 a year to have a showroom in the office.

If you travel, and sign up for insurance that the car rental companies always push, you won't get reimbursed for it.This sort of probability analysis is useful for many real estate related decisions.