This website looks fantastic so far, tons of useful information and links.Tom

Also, for my first market I’d like to be able to visit it (investigate neighborhoods/properties, interview PMs, agents, etc) without incurring a huge cost.

Not all lenders offer this type of loan, there's a list of lenders on the website.

Start at the website and let's go from there.

I started sending out DM and added websites to capture leads.Now I'm in a very hot market here in South Florida, so my results are going differ greatly from other markets (except for maybe San Antonio and So Cal).I'd also like to post my DM results for the past year here, but being new (and not 12 years only) I can't figure it out.

I suggest you visit at different times of the day.

It's not always the easiest context to navigate though so calling or visiting the planner is usually pretty helpful as he will pull up the parcel your referring too during the discussion.

Make a call or visit ur courthouse to ask them if they offer "remote access" for people that cant visit the courthouse frequently.

The homepath website seems to indicate 5% down applies to occupants and investors..

We visit SW Maine every summer.