I was fortunate enough to have saved a decent amount of money to survive this long.I started my journey back in 2017 with a New Construction house that I purchased and lived in as my primary residence.

I understand you need to manage the PM and rehab, but it is really a stretch to believe you are spending 3 hours every day on this.

He is in San Diego and I used to live there for 20+ years, so I am familiar with that market.

I've been reading some posts here about setting up individual LLCs for each property for asset protection, and saw that some state allow Series LLC but got quite confused with the various posts.I currently live in Phoenix AZ, and plan to invest in out-of-state properties.

I currently own the property with another person who does not live on-site but receives profit. 

When I first considered buying in the US I considered North Chicago as I know and like it but I'm aware of the high property taxes and question the longevity of the market there with a declining population and all that.I live overseas currently so any purchase will be remote for me and I will get it managed, I may never even see the place so I'm quite open to where I could buy.I wanted some thoughts on the best places to invest?

Also, curious as to what difference it makes if one would be living in the home prior.  

I lived there for 1 year then moved out and started renting the house on Air BNB in the Summer and mid term rentals in the winter.

After that I became incredibly passionate in creating value to new investors to empower them to be able to live life on their terms [Take Control] I offer an unbelievable amounts of value for FREE on my YouTube channel with hours and hours of content that is MORE than enough to get you your first property. 

I work in NYC but live in Stamford and invest locally.