Interest rate is certainly important for your personal finance reasons, but not really that important for getting that next mortgage compared to everything else.

I wrote the above for informational purposes.

However, I constantly stress about the amount of debt I have compared to my income. 

With technology being so prevalent, is it impossible to find and close on a deal completely online while only using a friend to view the property (for due diligence purposes) in the area where the deal is located?

We have purposefully avoided making any significant forward-looking statements about when or whether we might achieve that.

For example, when the jobs go down or layoff in SF in 2008, slight dip in prices but not much compared to say Las Vegas.Terry

Phoenix is a great market and will probably start you off with better cash flow off the bat, compared to the others.

Property taxes here are super low compared to surrounding areas.

Jeffrey Tapper in Owings Mills for landlord tenant issues and collections.Jeffrey Charlow - Masters title and Escrow in Towson very good general purpose RE attorney.

Property values can rise due to certain homes/locations being more attractive to buyers for VR purposes.