As others have mentioned putting together your team will be the most crucial aspect of your investing from afar!

If yes, you need expeditors to handle the zoning part though some architects handle that aspect as well.

The second and most undervalued aspect is easier to rent a lower cost unit over a higher cost unit.  

I believe anyone can invest in any market and make money but it's that risk tolerance aspect of it that tends to tip the scale on a particular location. 

I am looking to meet people that I could talk to further on Real Estate in general, investing, buy and hold, their personal experiences, and all of the other things that are encompassed in this exciting area of investing.

Also you will be able to compare apples to apples as to what they are charging for different aspects of the job.

Purchase price: $270,000 Cash invested: $60,000 Purchased a 33 acre small ranch that that encompassed an old single wide, 1940's farm house, and many other outbuildings.

What aspects of this type of investment would you consider a “must-have” for STRs in La Quinta?

Wello worth the pain but I'm not willing to take on a flip of this size again unless every aspect is subbed out.

Well worth the pain but I'm not willing to take on a flip of this magnitude again unless every aspect is subcontracted.