Not tougher In a physical way, although you could be lol, but tougher in the sense that your going to show up every day and do the things that need done to improve your property and get it where you want it and the scumbags won't be able to keep up with that.

However, I can't help you with being physically present as I work full time and live down state.Anyone else, feel free to chime in if you think what I said is an unrealistic, "Pie in the Sky" idea.

If I plan my life to remove as much physical risk as possible by not going there, does that make me a coward or strategist?  

Appraisals typically take into account the physical condition of a property, its location, comparable sales in the area, and other factors that may affect its value.

Must be awfully thick stuff unless physics have changed.

Physically.

Given a name and phone number you can get enough about people to tell ALOT... with a physical home address what you can tell is almost limitless.Remember we tell social media, all our likes.

As the title states, I am looking to discover what real estate investors (potential mentors) find valuable in a relatively inexperienced individual like myself.I want to provide as much value as possible in all the right avenues to develop the most opportunities and relationships that I am able to.I'd also like to physically interact with and meet these investors, so I've decided to start attending local REI Group meetings and reaching out to those I know to identify people who may be able to point me in the right direction.

I was worried that I may need to write a physical check each time I am making distribution from LLCs to personal account and may need to pay tax on that at year end but as you mentioned I should be ok.

I know a few that operate in that area, but they aren't physically located there necessarily.