I currently reside in Turkey, but approximately 28 years ago, I was living in Long Island, NY.

The last major calamity to effect lower Manhattan was 9/11.

In August of last year I purchased an empty lot in an up and coming area of Chicago.

The Buyer has no skin in the gameIf someone is approaching you to buy your house without a mortgage or conventional financing and are tying you into a long-term contract they better have some sort of collateral that they're putting up.

@Andres Ruiz decades long debate about which lease term is better!

I'd like to know your plans for long-distance flips, that you could do from anywhere.

Planning to sell two investment properties in CA and buy one primary residence in CA.Property 1 is listed and expected to sell in August to September timeframe (Around 150K long term profit, total sale price around 0.85M, no loan)Property 2 is under renovation and expected to be listed in August-September, and close around October to November (around 400K long term profit, total sale price around 1.7 M, around 0.6M loan. ~1.1 M in cash).What is the best time to buy the replacement property?

Start by reading "Long-Distance Real Estate Investing" by David Greene.

These last two weeks have been non-stop calls with PMs in all of these markets, but right now, leaning in on KC a bit more because we love that city. 

Lots of wholesaling deals last week.In addition to what Dawn shared BTW, R.I.N.G is today and can be found on Facebook and MeetupR.i.S.E - Real Estate | Investment | Strategies | Entrepreneurship meets on 2nd Tuesday and can be found on Facebook and Meetup.Dealmaker has an annual conference and an expanding nationwide footprint plus a mastermind like group for all that meets on Zoom ever Wednesday at noon.Greater Richmond REIA and a few more can be found on FB and Meetup.I look forward to meeting you.