Plus, you'll be happier if you focus on your local area instead of traveling a whole bunch. 

If a buy and hold Rental investment - 1) right on a well traveled street, just put a sign out front if you have a vacancy.2) close enough to your home or work location so you can keep a eye on it.3) fenced property if in a urban area - offers extra level of security for families with kids that play in the yard. keeps people from stealing stuff of the porch and from cars.4) the newer the better - will be more attractive to renters, don't get into something that had deferred maintenance for years5) see if in a zone ( i.e.

I am living in Everett, WA and I am planning on being here another year before I move to Boise, ID (I want to find a different job, maybe sales or RE and be close to family) I am living in a travel trailer where total expenses are $1800 for space rent, payments on truck and trailer, and insurance ($800 in principle).

The full-time maintenance staff knows how to fix each item because they are all the same and each repair is done onsite with no travel time.

Fresno is 3 hours with minimal traffic, you can get to NV if you add a half hour to your travel time.

Drew, thank you for knowing and understanding about the time it take to travel and go to homedpeot to buy supplies.

Have spent years renovating....didn't love the whole managing and stressing about employees, vehicles, buildings, traveling, massive number of clients/schedules. 

@Adam AzamI used to collect checks, but as I am traveling more, I require payment via venmo or cash app.

While I understand this place doesn't exactly meet the 1% rule, we also thought maybe it could be a place for us to use as a home base when we travel there with our kids and rent it out seasonally or airbnb. 

If you attend a lot of performances, sporting events, or other things in the Cities, consider the travel time from your new home to the Cities.