Be sure to visit some of the local real estate investing club meetings.

@Daniel Pichardo I recommend looking for the direct turnkey provider (one who actually owns the house and isn't brokering the deal) I also recommend in house property management and visiting the area that you choose to invest.

Even if you needed to physically visit your investments, shouldn't your goal be to flip the deal fast enough you won't need to be their for any significant amount of time?

First of all, I can assure you that the challenges of being homeless, army and medical school are way more stressful than flipping a home.Consider the worst that can happen and accept that.

Formerly, I served in the Marine Corps for 9 years as an Air Traffic Controller and had the privilege of living in both North Carolina and California as well visiting various locations all over the world. 

This will allow her to pay her rent without fees and assure I collect rent on time without delay, but am unsure of the process.

When I visited last a few weeks ago I noticed a lot of things changing for the better.  

They don't visit the properties. 

Most of the sites I have visited from BP's featured lenders page say explicitly that they will not loan on owner occupied homes.

My boyfriend and I visited KC back in April and met up with a few turnkey companies.