The parts he bought in aren’t bad and he uses property management for all of them.

You cannot buy a property and leave it vacant most of the year without it being a drain on your income and exposing yourself to some serious dangers.You cannot just leave the property vacant and not expect bad things to happen. 

More headache than is worth it for someone young and starting out with little liquid cash to float if something goes bad.3.

However, I quickly learned it was a bad idea.

I will keep running numbers during our inspection period and look for any red flags...Do you really think it's a bad idea to buy out of state rental property without seeing it?

A very bad house was pending at 675K after three days, and another 1600 s.f House was pending after one day at 719K.

I am an "Old Gal" and sometimes we just blurt out the first thing that comes into our heads when we get older. 0Actually, I am a bad salesperson. 

Because out of town FSBO is a bad idea. 

If you want the property bad enough, increase your offer.

You need no experience with an apartment complex with multiple units where one vacancy does not hurt so bad financially.