Right now, for what we had to work with at the time, the smartphone gig is working out just fine - and getting results.We have already shot a half dozen virtual tours and the results have been great! 

I am unable to advise hoping one of you fine folks can. 

Maybe use the additional time for more research and fine-tuning your plan of attack?

Hi @Dwight S.If you and your tenants have job security, you'll be fine.

You can have a vacation home of course, but that won't entail contracts with the public where they are legally obligated to purchase possessory rights for termed limits and their failure to abide by the contract may result in the business of having them fined or evicted.Many landlords in many states run into issues when their property managers, or they themselves, go to evict tenants but they can't prove that they are representing the owner of the property which has the legal right to provide accommodation rental services in that county/state. 

Keep it as a business and you will do fine!

REITs are fine in an up market but historically do poorly compared to individually run investments in down markets.All of our investments are fine right now as we bought them below market value knowing the market was high; REITs in our area have been overpaying for years. 

In the long run, you should be fine with whatever you buy, as long as you're in a decent market.

It looks fine to you on paper but you've accounted for nothing that will happen when rubber meets the road.

Getting a 5% return in an A class neighborhood is fine, getting that same return in a D class neighborhood is idiotic.