At the end of the redemption time period You can apply for a Deed to the property.The next question once You decide on what You want to invest in, how far do You want to travel, for most beginners who has a full time job, in my opinion would be as close to home as possible, until such time You can afford to travel. 

I have contributed in writing several real estate books, written many articles and blogs on real estate investing as well as created more than 200 instructional videos on real estate investing currently being posted on Twitter - Joe Jurek CPA and You Tube - Joe Jurek Real Estate Investing Adventures.I also wrote a book and made an infomercial on how to profit from leveraging Craigslist and eBay, entitled “Buy Local and Sell Global”.Having traveled through almost all 50 states, I currently reside in Central Florida with my family and I enjoy spending time at the beach or all the theme-parks. 

The owner is out of state and can't travel due to health reasons.

I also travel for business weekly, so it makes it that much more difficult.

We motivate ourselves by setting goals, holding each other accountable, and celebrating when we hit the goals by traveling the world.  

I will also make the assumption that majority of AirBNB travelers are leisure travelers and not business travelers.  

Jason,I've used Russell Truluck our of Travelers Rest for a number of house inspections in Greer.  

I would not personally define my success by the amount of knowledge in real estate I have; I define it by how well I have been able to utilize that knowledge to reach, or facilitate, my major goals in life, one of which is to have enough supplemental income from my rental properties such that it + my pension, when I retire, provides me the same comfortable existence and large safety cushion as it did when I was working, and that being able to retire so young (early 50's) will allow me to reach some of my other goals, long time/distance traveling being one. 

I travel to Kenai a lot (family) but live in Anchorage. 

@Valencia NicholasWelcome to BP, my sister is the head of HR in her company and loves her job.