1) Set up keywords for your area and interests so that you're notified when they're used and then start interacting. 2) Read through The Ultimate Beginner's Guide3) Go through applicable blogs and podcasts as there are a lot of great resourcesGod bless! 

Glad to have you on here.Set up keywords for your area and interests so that you're notified when they're used and then start interacting, you will find people that need help much easier and faster this way! 

@Dave Foster   I learned something new today.

Also, @Dave Foster, does it have to be tenants in common or does joint tenants work too?

1) Set up keywords for your area and interests so that you're notified when they're used and then start interacting.2) Read through The Ultimate Beginner's Guide3) Go through applicable blogs and podcasts as there are a lot of great resourcesAdvice for REI...1) Study up on what you need to know/do for the 1st step and then do it, then repeat for all following steps until you have completed your first investment then repeat the process and keep learning.

@Matt Foster The Cap Rate method would be better than nothing since there aren't much comps like you said.

@Dave Foster--- You're a guru in your own rights.........I wish people like you lived in Alabama.

Do I have any family or friends I could trust in the area that could interact with the PM while you're gone whether on deployment or just out of state. 

David Foster, good points for certain.

Basically anything that isn't sales related and doesn't require you specifically interact with a client so you can maximize your time on what you do best - gerenate and close deals.Since most of what I listed doesn't require that assistant to be in your office in-person, the VA route is perfect.