Seek the simplicity of the country, the golden ticket of de-facto "debt forgiveness", and the occasional rental opportunity in your local KS market.

But, I worked for an owner who did all his own maintenance and occasionally hired someone to do something he wasn't capable of doing.I'm afraid this guy will micro-manage you.  

I will occasionally contact you and drive by an review the property."

LTR is passive income, you put a good tenants in, as long as your property is in good shape, you won't hear from the tenants until they pay rent or lease renewal or the occasional maintenance request. 

Since we'll be doing all the cleaning / maintenance we'll be using the laundry 95% of the time, with guests having occasional access to laundry.

There are over 4,000 members that occasionally will email you with a deal, or post one on the page. 

My goals are to buy and hold and to do the occasional fix and flip. 

Ru Monsell,Kenneth LaVoie is in Winslow, Me.He is a very active Real Estate Investor in Maine.He is an occasional poster on this site.Raymond

Aside from the occasional flip myself, I work with multiple local investors who purchase fix/flips and multi family units.I've heard a lot of talk lately, on a national level, about our market here in SW Ohio.  

Lasts a very long time, occasionally just needs a refinishing.