I plan on living in this with roommates for 2 years and going onto the next deal.

My property is in Utah and I unfortunately live in California.  

All of the properties  seem to still have people living there. 

Hi Brian,  no, I don't have experience with out of state investments, I do have extensive experience in running out of state construction, the rehab part is where I'm very comfortable with, now I need to get a team out there that can point out the right locations, PM, legal team and so on... 

I plan on living in this with roommates for 2 years and going onto the next deal.

I’m a new investor who lives in Los Angeles.

you get a price you can comfortably afford and profit from, and over time they will get the total amount that they want.  

I think because we're in the Disney area we get a lot of foreigners that aren't comfortable with opened anything.

If your coach is from across the country, and simply going to provide you a pre-packaged underwriting template, a segment on "how to pick a market", and lives in the world of 300+ unit deals, when you are looking at 30 unit deals, I would pass and use the typical 10s of thousands of dollars towards your downpayment.

The living room alone would be 15k in couches, loveseats and chairs.