My realtor has sold me a few houses that she has never seen,,I go by and look at a dozen houses or so every few days when I'm in the mood to buy,,I actually fill out the contract, scan and send it to her with a copy of my earnest money check,,,,other times (like a short sale I'm in the middle of), she make it for it with all the hassle she is putting up with getting the deal done.Anytime she is meeting me at a property , she knows I am planning on writing a contract if all checks out,,,be respectful of your realtors time,,,they can really help you

The Fed is rapidly re-inflating the housing bubble especially in higher demand coastal regions...

I hired an inspector (which was mandatory for the FHA203k) and he scanned the whole house.

After a long morning of selling $25,000 mentoring programs, dodging emails and phone calls from current mentees and scanning the business news for stories to add to my resume, I'm always faced with the difficult choice of which exotic cars and bikini models to use in the next marketing pamphlet.

I just scanned all the paperwork and used a title company to do the closing on my behalf.

Area is gentrifying rapidly.

The company has rapidly grown using this model, and they still do this kind of service, but there are few others who do.You can always go visit a turnkey company and their market on your own, and I do recommend it for a whole lot of reasons, especially when you are making the first investment with that company and in that market.  

But in many Turn Key markets and I think what the OP was trying to get at is once you buy a turn key how do you sell it.. and of course you would put it on MLS... however in many markets were turn key is popular MLS price's are far lower than turn key prices and  as Curt suggests it could take years before the market catches up and one could sell and be made whole...but same is true most place that do not have rapid appreciation .. selling costs will be a loss if you need to exit within a few years of buying

Does anyone know any Investor-Friendly TITLE companies in Waterloo and Cedar Rapids that work with out-of-state investor/buyers & sellers? 

But I would advise all against feeling they need to hurry to not miss getting into a rapidly rising market.