Do you have boots on the ground to view properties?

Hello everyone! (I did also post this in the marketplace, but thought I should share in the FL forums as well.)In an effort to add value to the BP and South Florida community as well as build up my own skills, I was t...

Having "boots-on-the-ground" in an area that the investor is unfamiliar with is vital to the process. 

And if you delay replacing a pump or filter and the pool turns into a swamp, the extra chemicals needed to combat the algea are also on you.

Now I wouldn't BUY a house without seeing it (or at least have some trusted "boots on the ground" to check it out for me).

@JaNae Anderson, if you do go out of state it would definitely help to try have boots on the ground in whichever state you decide to invest in.

I can be your "boots on the ground".

You boot-strapped your real estate business with hard work and smarts. 

None of these studies, calculations, or surveys be able to even come close to being able to give you the insight that boots on the ground can.

I agree, though, that there is something very reassuring about buying in a place you have boots-on-the-ground familiarity with (esp. when it is your first property), so these are all factors I'm currently weighing.