In terms of hiring a property manager, many property managers are fine managing just 1 property (and since you typically pay a percentage of rent it really shouldn't matter to you).If you want to manage it yourself there are a handful of online landlord / property management software's you could use and access your account anywhere with internet access.You will still need someone (either a friend, or, at a minimum, vendors) you can count on locally to deal with any issues that arise when you are out-of-town.

Below are what I know as options.1) Conventional - My dad gets the lump sum, but I don't get any benefit 2) Land Contract - My dad wins the "long game" with financing it to me, maybe he'd offer a price break.3) Living Trust or Land Trust?

Such as realistic time frame in establishing yourself, operational cost, marketing, will you need to mix residential in for a time until you are established, any software or materials that would be helpful, etc. any of your thoughts would be appreciated.Thank you

BP can definitely be a great resource, and since you are already in the game it might help you evaluate your current investments to determine how they are doing.Best of luck!

Hello everyone, I'm still in my 20's, I'm an experienced HVAC/R contractor whose been in the real estate game for a quite some time, however primarily aa a spectator.

Am I just playing the semantics game or is there a valid difference?

Step #1 is figuring out what your game plan is, and where to invest is probably the most important part of the game plan.

Disclaimer: I've never tried to buy or sell investment property in Texas.I lived in Dallas in the late 1990s and the company I worked for (doing software) gave us a document that explained how some things in Texas are done differently than other states. 

We are in the buy fix and sell game a bit south of Cleveland, dont do rentals.  

@Jack Mitcham Welcome.A lot of Red Sox fans do this also: Go to games in Baltimore because it's cheaper;-)Good to see you're persistence in hanging on is paying off.