Would it be better to start a little outside the city? 

Any recommendations from out-of-state investors like myself would be highly highly appreciated.

Hello, I purchased a property in Snohomish County in Washington State at the auction.

I live in CA and want to buy out of state.

A few ideas:* If you KNOW every home inspector on earth will find the issue you could state it up front in the agent MLS notes with the proposed solution / cost to fix.

, it might be stated “What is your expected gain for this investment?”

Even the Baltimore City Sheriff (who is in charge of enforcing eviction orders) testified in Annapolis this past session for more tenant eviction protections.

(Yes I know there are other restrictions/conditions.)In the past, I have toyed with the idea of a vacation/rental property in Ocean City, MD, Rehoboth/Bethany/Dewy, DE, and/or the Deep Creek Lake, MD area (I like the idea of being within 3 hours of the rental property in case something goes horrible wrong and I need to travel to the property). 

If you want to invest out-of-state and not occupy, you need at least 20 percent.

If the owner was responsible for the booking, and you are simply taking care of people as they are there (you mentioned that it is a BnB), AND your contract does not state any terms for canceling they probably can do whatever they want.