I'm pretty terrible at estimating how much it would cost though so I just said 10%

.* Do not use the instant connect feature (Where they call you with a 'live lead')... it's terrible and unpredictable, and you can't see how much the lead is going to cost before you pick up the phone.Ultimately, I realized we were much better off paying for a good website and SEO/Google adwords than we were with Homeadvisor.

The property is about 45 minutes away in VA, so not too terrible.

I don't think your results are terrible. 

You'll love it out here so long as the summer heat doesn't melt you, but you moved here in August (terrible month to move) so you should have gotten a taste of the wonderful summers here lol.

One they are talking about conventional full doc national loan products.. this is where the great RMLO is the one who can make your deals go through.we filtered to a medium sized mortgage broker my wife uses here in PDX they can table fund with their own money.. then resell.. and its a 15 plus year relationship.. when he says he can do the deal  it gets done.I have had way to many sale fails in the past from RMLOs that were just terrible.. so you do need to find that proficient one. 

I didn't have a chance to see it before my cleaner went through, but he said it wasn't terrible.

(Even though student loan debt is a terrible thing).

I guess what I am really hoping for here is to find out if there is any way to get started without having to personally move in to a terrible neighborhood and lets say for less than $30k?

Total Expenses         (1,627)NOI                             473        2.64% cap rateIt's pretty clear that as is, this property is terrible from a cash flow perspective.