Living at home with family in NY Can I purchase a home in SC with an FHA Loan and make it my primary residence, but still be living with family in NY while contractor work is being done on SC property.

Run an ozone machine between tenants and then let it clear out for a day before showings.

- What driving factors should I take into account when l'm looking for an up n' coming hot markets?

@Andrew Carlson are you an investor or moral police?

I have some properties that are in good condition that if I could get an offer of 85-90% of market value without realtor fees I would happily take for a quick sale. 

Congrats on saving up that's an amazing start.I would suggest holding off on flipping if you don't want to do it near you, although with $250k, you probably could find something even in California that you could flip, we hear horror stories from our clients all the time of how they hired a contractor but were not able to watch progress and fly in 2 months later to see almost no work done and most of the money spent.  

I have an opportunity with an investor willing to invest in my rental business for another potential rental.

The unique part is that the duplex is in the city and is on a huge corner lot that is 1/3 of an acre so could potentially hold another structure and the sale also comes with the neighboring lot that is smaller but is also large enough to build a structure.  

I am an experienced RE investor but on the younger side at only 41 years old.

Go to VRBO and AirBNB in an area you are interested in and search the properties.