On another note, he openly admitted to "checking out" my personal FB page, which is fine, but then asked if I had ever lived in Michigan or Alaska.

@Ryan Robert You may want to visit your local real estate investment club.

The economy of Cyprus is growing and it attracts more and more people to live in or tourists visiting it during all year. 

There is about 20 pages of boiler plate in their reports but some of it can be quite useful particularly when negotiating price with seller. 

I work a 9-5 so trying to go visit properties could only be done on weekends when I have a full plate of kids activities.

My average report was something like 40 pages of nonsense and 1 page of meat. 

They hold monthly investor meetups and offer tremendous value to everyone involved. https://rarebirdinvestors.com/You can head to the events page (Network > events) and search Portland and you will find a slew of events!

Have some thoughts for OP -  a) If you visit Property Management companies, make them let you see the Property Management Agreement you will be signing.

Also, I am a nurse who's worked in a hospital for a while, but I am transitioning to a home visiting care within a few days.

Billionaires don't have to worry about an unexpected medical bill bringing you right past your deductible and out of pocket max in one shot (as we did in JANUARY last year...thanks to a hospital visit.