Currently reading "The Book on Flipping Houses" and "Long-Distance Real Estate Investing".

I love bigger pocket podcast I listen to it every day to my commute  to work and home.

I'm a local (Fruita, CO) and long-distance (Bowling Green, KY and surrounding) investor. 

With this harsh reality as a backdrop, let’s wash our hands, put on our face masks, social distance, and get under the hood… Consumer Price Index.

But really it often doesn't solve all their problems as they then often commute back to where they moved from for work.

I've been told by my realtor it's a ways out of Austin and so people are less likely to go for it and commute as individuals (as opposed to families), but I feel like it would allow me to offer more affordable rents, to maybe recent college grads?

There are some exceptions, for example if your job relocates you so far away, that it would be an undue burden to commute.

In addition, the distance makes it really hard to find distressed properties with a huge potential for value add, and overseeing a renovation remote is not easy.

I am currently looking to purchase my first home with my wife next year, and during the initial research phase, I was introduced to the book Long-Distance Real Estate Investing by David Greene (I figured I'd learn some new skills to build wealth during COVID).

The ability to work from home that Covid has created, has allowed people to go into the office a few times a month, or not at all, which means they don't have to worry about a commute.