In my market houses sell quickly, so I've missed a lot of properties because the realtor was a day or 2 late.get your own license problem solved.realtors dont show houses much anymore especially to investors.. driveby walk around it make an offer subject to home inspection thats how its done.. buyer does the leg work not the agent in this modern real estate worldalso in Vegas and most markets agents are not showing houses with social distancing  maybe you heard we have this virus thing going around 

If you are a long distance landlord, the best thing to do is find out who enforces this stuff in the city (the person or persons, not Dept) and male friendly with them.

They scream at us in vulgar language, use threatening language and posturing towards us in the common area and do not maintain the mandated social distance.  

It also has a lot of bars, restaurants and other things that draw crowds to the city.The $6.0 million USD restoration project was done by the building's owner, the Great Lakes Center Foundation.Reaching out to them for more guidance (and strategy, as well as potential pit falls) on this might be beneficial.And calling the general contractor (ask the owner who it was) to discuss any unique problems they faced on this restoration might also be intelligent.If you ask (offer to pay) they might also be able to provide you with preliminary guidance on construction budgets as well as contractors lists, and vendors lists (if you think having them would help your efforts, feasibility, etc...).Another phone call might be to the Architect to get his thoughts on this.Contacting these people would be beneficial because they have successful experience on doing what you want to do in a similar sized city, within driving distance of Ontario. 1)  http://bay-journal.com/sfp/pmrr/index.html2)  http://bay-journal.com/sfp/pmrr/pictorial.html3)  https://www.gogreat.com/cities/bay-city/events/4)  http://www.bayfoundation.org/who-we-are/pere-marquette-depot5) This should bring up articles about the Train station Restoration from the Michigan Newspaper (mlive.com): https://www.google.com/search?

You are banking personal preferences, comfortability, commute time, and these things you may need to find no matter the cycle of the market.

I would read both long distance real estate investing by David Greene and Set for life by Scott Trench.

First read "Long Distance Real Estate Investing by David Greene".

We are still researching options: pros and cons of foreclosures, who to work with, how much to bite off with a fixer-upper, distance rental property in removed states etc.Would appreciate any and all advice.

But what about the flip side, an 18 month slog of distancing and closures? 

Hope everyone is staying safe and practicing social distancing :).I've been reading the posts of how the current pandemic is affecting everyone.