To boot, I've even paid down car loans as part of home purchases that use the VA loan.

How effective can you be in a city that you don't know anything about or have any boots on the ground?

Is it time to just give this tenant notice her lease isnt being renewed and give her the boot?

I've been hesitant to invest long-distance but thought I'd give the HBG market a try as I have a couple people there who can be my boots on the ground.While I'm in HBG, I'll drive the neighborhoods, meet with a few people, and view properties but I thought I'd also reach out to the BP community to see whether you can offer any insight.  

Sorry I can not be of much assistance with what your looking for but if you need any "boots" to go look around lmk.  

Both the escrow agent and the QI said that if I got the prorated property tax back (in the scenario where I prepaid out of escrow), it would be considered boot, and taxes withheld (3.33% in California).

I was mostly asking about which one to pick, as there are so many apps focusing on hard copy file management with glowing reviews - and with similar price ranges to boot.

In order to be comfortable with getting a property in a different region, I would also need to find a property manager or boots on the ground team that I am comfortable with and I believe are able to do the job adequately.

Having a boots on the ground presence is imperative to success when it comes to distance investing. 

‘Boots on the ground’ as we like to say in this business.