I also alter the distance and time frame depending on the neighborhood.

I would be house hacking in Austin first and then buying rentals outside of Austin using a long distance real estate strategy.

I am from Philly and plan on doing long-distance investing.

I would recommend David Green's book on long distance real estate investing.

I live in Southern CA and would like to move to San Diego in the near future so investments in that area would be favorable even though it is a competitive market.. maybe long distance investing could be an option?

Personally I don't know that I would be comfortable with long distance investing in C/D class markets, but to each their own!

Tenants rent based on bedroom count, parking spots, distance to work or school more times than they rent due to the look or feel of a unit.

The core 4 is David Greene’s strategy for long-distance and made up of a realtor, contractor, property manager, and lender.

Unless I lived there and could set up my systems first, it may be hard to self manage from a distance.

Read David Green's book on long distance investing.No such thing as wasting your time, you have to realize what bad looks like so you can pounce on a good deal when it comes along.