I found much greater success cultivating relationships with my local brokers/agents and consistently reviewing material online. 

That cost is highly dependent on whether you're pulling permits and doing plans with full engineering, or just common sense building without permits, of course.

Of course the time and monetary commitment would eliminate this from serious consideration for many people.  

Of course you have to have a team built out but if you have a reliable contact that has experience then they'll have renovation crews as well as property management. 

At BP, not only can you network with other real estate investors, you can also listen to BP's podcast in itunes and watch and learn videos and courses on BP for free.

Is it harder to invest OOS, of course it is but it is 100% doable.

Of course! 

4. complete your BP profile - Include website links, social media handles, or other online profiles so that people can find you.

@Lisa B.Couple tips to keep in mind for a successful listing:The listing price is part of a pricing strategy, make sure you've got that figured out to take advantage of this market.Market comps along with a competitive analysis are just 2 data point, be sure to have a line into what is happening in real time.

Of course!