commute distance?

I looked at some stuff in Columbus about 3 years ago and almost bought an 8 unit property, but it was going to be a lot of work and too difficult to try to manage the project from a distance.

But trying to do long distance landlording, especially of multifamily units when you can be called to any part of the world is taking on a really big risk.

If you only have one unit the headache of dealing with it wont be worth it from a distance.

I'd love to hear about your team, and your experience with managing from a distance.

If you're going to be investing long-distance, I'm a big fan of spending at least a few weeks in the place where you intend to invest and get to know the values for yourself.

I'm looking at this as a more "passive" investment because of distance so management, marketing, and the weekly turnover are all things I'll take into account.

plus the trouble of getting them a petty gift.keep your distance.

Even though I have a property manager, it is has been tough being long distance from these properties since I can't easily go see for myself what is going on.

I had reps that worked different areas for me.They put their sign in the yard, took the calls, got the e-mails..I got the applications, processed them, and my reps would meet the T/B to get earnest money, and also to close and receive the funds, then deposit into my account.To do it long distance like you are, I would suggest you look here on BP or possibly another forum etc. to find someone that can be your boots on the ground.You set up marketing for the properties, talk to the sellers (you don't want reps trying to explain the #'s etc. to a seller) get the properties under contract, then you hand the baton off to your rep down there.They get a sign in the yard, they take the calls, do the filtering on teh phone, and when appropriate, show the hosue.