I had a great podcast guest David Pelligrinelli from titlesearch.com discuss in amazing detail the process and the importance of getting the physical documents not the online docs...

Sometimes investors will want to buy a house on the same street that they live on thinking the proximity will allow them to keep a close eye on it.

To my knowledge, the train line starts in Fredericksburg but Fburg is (generally) a more expensive market than Richmond due to the proximity to NOVA so if folks have tips for managing the commute to the 'Burg and riding VRE north from there, I'd love to hear them too.

In the end, I wanted to diversify between stocks and physical.

I have no exposure to real estate what so ever, well except for my house and a few REIT's that I own but not to physical investment real estate and I want to get into the long term rental property business and hoping to learn and grow here!

Do I go through one property by one property (will be extremely time consuming to physically inspect all the properties since they spread all over the Bay Area - and that I'm still working full-time at my current job - and make each offer one by one? 

Do I go through one property by one property (will be extremely time consuming to physically inspect all the properties since they spread all over the Bay Area - and that I'm still working full-time at my current job - and make each offer one by one? 

Help yourself and learn the business by physically being able to go to the property, manage it, AND the tenant.

I'm looking for help in terms of seeing the property and getting more information on the property so I can then make a more informed decision without me physically seeing the property.

I also like the Greenville/Spartanburg area, for its proximity to me and its relatively lower housing costs, compared to AVL's.