I understand what she means- it's in a great neighborhood, walking distance from good schools, and we bought it at the bottom of the market (406,000 which is now paid in full, and now the zestimate is 600,000).  

Even if you have a strong team in the area something could always go wrong so buying at a distance presents its own unique set of problems.

So being south of town seems like a good place because you can easily get everywhere.The items we ended up using for criteria ended up pretty simple -Within walking distance of beachOcean view or ocean frontOne of the things I did was research the nightly rates for all the houses I could find.

This smoothes out the inflation a bit nationally, but it also inflates markets like Cleveland more than they would naturally, due to the ease of distance investing now.Many articles in our local business journal recently discussed how lifelong apartment reposition-ers are moving into development due to the completion in the apartment space.

Are you local to the area or investing from a distance?

Managing short-term rentals at a distance has become very easy.

We are renting currently as we didn't have the money or experience to purchase from a distance.

Hello everyone,I attended the webinar but due to the time constraints I wasn't able to have most of my questions answered.

Your building needs to be walking distance, 1-3 blocks, after that it's not really a college area anymore.

Actually evictions are fairly easy in Georgia (although we live in Georgia so we're not dealing with doing this "long distance").Yes: your option since they have refused the "cash for keys" offer is to wait to see if they respond within the required 7 days.