I'm seeking advice for a friend of mine.

I haven't been in the situation myself but a relative of mine is able to move quickly on deals out of state because his team is established and it frees him up to not worry about getting to every property himself.

Math has never been a strong point of mine but it's the most important aspect of investing of course!

They seem like they are solid and I googled the house they're selling and they can definitely afford mine.  

friend of mine is doing this in portlandia.. look at the big developments I think in the netherlands or other parts of Europe they are away ahead of usAlthough my buddy is more of a philanthropist with this particular endeavor he even donated a fully functional one to the collage... although he hopes to some day turn that around and make them viable financing for himself as well.. but i bet he has spent 250k or more on this so far.. all for science / construction lab at the collage

Reputation seems to be everything in this industry & I plan to keep mine top notch.Sorry for the long post & Thank you for your time,Bret Rubash

I have a colleague of mine, who has rented out two rooms in his house to a mother and son (adult son).

was just curious,  a good friend of mine from Portlandia moved his PM bizz to PHX in 08 right in the middle of the crash.. crash was created in big part on the small multi arena by Hispanics being kicked out or leaving as construction jobs failed.he built it up to about 2,000 doors under management..He is selling out..

Would sure be nice to do all of what @Nick Colamarino mentioned without having to make a phone call every time you have a question or want to adjust a search, or talk to a seller etc.I felt kinda bad blowing up my realtor when I was looking for mine.

I reached out to a friend of mine who is a lawyer.