If you have a condo as a primary residence, you may want to try tapping into a HELOC if money is your barrier to entry.

That is great insight, I’m in that stage that many beginners are in: limited cash but enough to want entry into something.

However, I see it as those barriers to entry are what depress the prices, therefore making the investment still potentially lucrative. 

Setting our entry price is proving to be oddly difficult.

In no particular order I have listed some of the most popular markets for out of state investorsCleveland, OhioDayton, OhioToledo, OhioYoungstown, OhioCincinnati, OhioMemphis, TennesseeBirmingham, AlabamaKansas City, MissouriSaint Louis, MissouriIndianapolis, IndianaDetroit, MichiganErie, PennsylvaniaLouisville, KentuckyMilwaukee, WisconsinJackson, MississippiEach of these markets is popular with turnkey investors because of the low barrier to entry, high rental demand & high rent to price ratio.

The cost of entry isn't too high either.

Quickbooks kept duplicating or missing downloaded transactions creating more work on manual entries down the road.

The more entry level cards start out on the lower end.

In no particular order I have listed some of the most popular markets for out of state investorsCleveland, OhioDayton, OhioToledo, OhioYoungstown, OhioCincinnati, OhioMemphis, TennesseeBirmingham, AlabamaKansas City, MissouriSaint Louis, MissouriIndianapolis, IndianaDetroit, MichiganErie, PennsylvaniaLouisville, KentuckyMilwaukee, WisconsinJackson, MississippiEach of these markets is popular with turnkey investors because of the low barrier to entry, high rental demand & high rent to price ratio.

Barrier of entry is very low for Realtors, when compared to other professions, in my state... maybe the lowest of professions especially when considering the amount of capital investment they are influencing.