Business Search - 14 Million verified businessesSearch for: near: Males: 6,681 (49.3%)Females: 6,881 (50.7%)For population 25 years and over in 30517: High school or higher: 88.1% Bachelor's degree or higher: 37.0% Graduate or professional degree: 13.9% Unemployed: 4.6% Mean travel time to work (commute): 34.6 minutesFor population 15 years and over in 30517: Never married: 22.3% Now married: 62.2% Separated: 2.3% Widowed: 4.2% Divorced: 9.0%Zip code 30517 compared to state average: Median household income above state average.

There are no hotels in walking distance.

It is walking distance to hospitals, retail, dining, offices and public transportation making it a desirable location for residents or visitors. 

Nowhere as "cheap" as the SFHs I'd seen in Texas, but a drivable distance in case of any issues, and just generally less daunting than investing in something thousands of miles away sight unseen.  

The future of higher education and office work is indeed fascinating...I started to work at home like everyone else in March and thinking about how to inform my boss that I have no plan to go back to the office even when this all mess is over...just with the money saved on the commute and eating out makes me feel I got a raise.

I usually like to suggest being withing 30 minutes (45 minutes MAX) driving distance from your home to the rental property.

I am looking for advise for long distance investing, especially for a newbie investor.

I would keep my distance from him.

He lives in the South End, so I'm pretty sure he'll be happy with the commute.

Im just starting out and am looking to buy for a flip with a backup plan being to brrrr.Im looking to buy a moderate distance from my home ( within a 2 hour drive) so have nailed down some target markets and already contacted a realtor, but beyond just waiting for them to send me potential deals in my criteria to analyze, and spending hours browsing zillow/realtor/redfin etc.