First off I want to thank everyone that contributes to these forums.

The four girls each contribute $400 to rent, and one of them sends the whole $1600 to me in one payment each month.

He also contributes a tremendous amount of insight to the BP forums as well.  

There were some headache repairs such as a plumbing leak that had been there for a while, some roof issues, and poor bathroom fans that contributed to common mold in our area.

@Engtavius Briskey-Chappell there is a weekly coffee meet up at Cafe 153 in Bridge Street.

Thank you all for contributing!

Thanks for contributing

Thanks for contributing your knowledge to the community.

Read down the contract a bit, the seller's contribution (standard is 2.5-2.7% for smaller investments) will reduce your obligation to pay. 

Having someone else available to do in-person pop-ins is also helpful, though not necessarily required if the contractor is good.There are a few others as well, but more generally I've found that as an out-of-stater I have to a) have effective systems in place far sooner than I did for local investments, and b) need to find teammates and other partners much earlier than otherwise, and often have a way to pay them for their contributions.