As far as out of state investing goes - I bought my first deal out of state and in a lot of ways it forces you to work "on your business" instead of "in your business" as you are unable to go drive by it everyday and check up on things.

Area is so cal in la county .

I’m from Va Beach but moved to Texas recently and the property tax is so high in Texas I was thinking about doing more deals in Virginia.

Hello BP fam, wanted to see who would share some insight on what it actually takes to be successful in the real estate business as far as lead generation goes. 

Yeah they'll write the listing (probably poorly) and hire the photographer, but as far as I know they're not going to order a couch and assemble a dining table and stock the kitchen and all that jazz so you've gotta do that either way.FWIW if you're really intent in not traveling to set it up, I did hire someone to do that part for me in one of my properties where some family health issues came up and I really couldn't get away for a week. 

After looking at the real estate listings in my area, they all show 2 months, 6 months, 1 year etc. as far as time being for sale.

I would like to invest somewhere closer to home if it makes sense as far as my goals are concerned.

As far as your valuation, Texas is a non-disclosure state, so in theory the county tax assessor shouldn't have the information about what you paid... but in my experience they get pretty close.  

As far as creating financial statements, I use Wave Apps.

But I have my concerns as far as the federal government, are they going to care about me being given money to use in deals?