Here are four key reasons why investors purchase rental property out of state:Invest in geographic areas with population and job growth is strong.Diversify a rental property portfolio with markets that best match your investment strategy.Focus on the type of returns you’re looking for, such as maximum cash flow, high appreciation, or total yield over the targeted holding period.Operating expenses are lower in markets with fewer regulations, lower property taxes, and landlord-friendly laws.Finally, as mentioned earlier, it's crucial to build a great network of professionals to help you and to occasionally visit your property yourself.All the best!

repeat this until you find someone you think is a good match for you that has started and scaled a rental business themselves. 2.) repeat step 1, but instead find a local realtor who's also investing in some capacity.3.) learn how to analyze deals in your market, attend local meetups and meet other investors like your life depended on it and run your analysis by others who are investing like you want to. 

I do think it's important that you seek one out that's a good match for you and you do so with the intention of them helping you through your first deal and not just for the data. 

It's a good children's story but doesn't match reality because it only presents two possible options: a tortoise that is slow and steady, or a rabbit with speed but no endurance.

So my suggestion is your budget moving forward is to match your current escrow expense.

Good for rentals as rent timing matches the expense. 

This shows that strong marketing and unsuspecting consumers are a match made in heaven for unscrupulous business practices.

He will give a sales comps approach, cost to rebuild approach, and income approach to value but his final appraised value conclusion will match the sales comps approach which is what lenders will use. 

The builder put in a really paltry staircase that doesn’t match with the rest of the aesthetic of the home.

Depends if you can find the matching product in that color.