Visit your local REIA to get a better idea.   

As others mentioned, the market is saturated with investors and yellow letters aren't seen as unique anymore.

Hi Friends and Colleagues,Looking for some advice on the following property:Physical and Market Characteristics: small farm house, unique in desirable area, long DOM for sale short DOM for rental due to schools.  

For example, if I would like to visit homes via realtor.com or Zillow.com, it would be through an agent. 

Other than that the complexity of a reverse make it imperative that you get a QI on board who's got a bunch under their belt  The structure to make them work is so key and unique to every situation. 

I don't want to have to visit every single property just to find out that the area is less desirable and waste my time or money.

Had a college buddy who lived in Bend, used to visit her every summer.Ronn

1) I don't like the area/state and2) I've been burned twice now purchasing homes in cyclical markets and Bay Area prices are ridiculous.Is my situation unique?

However, I still visit the property twice a year because I visit my family in North Fort Myers, twice a year.

Darsh Patel Short of visiting the area in person, you can go on apartments.com or other such sites to do virtual tours of your competition in the area.