It's a good area, but has been slow to recover after the recession, possibly because of its proximity to Ferguson. 

@Gray B Moore you might consider fractional-ownership interests like DSTs to satisfy the requirements for your exchange, though these options wouldn’t really allow you to physically enjoy the property in a traditional manner as you outlined.

Much smaller house I have, but your siding in this area should cost 7-10k, being that these Lakewood houses have some difficulty with high third stories, neighbors house is usually in close proximity, making access difficult.Lastly the siding will increase the value In that area.

This I hope will allow me quit my day job and work as an owner of my own physical therapy clinics where I may franchise in order to protect myself from automation and give back to the community in ways of health and wellness, education, and chronic pain treatment. 

This culture has to have a physical address somewhere, for Amazon to drop merchandise at.We wont really know till we cross that bridge.

There's no way an agent with a video cam is going to be able to give you information you would otherwise get from physically walking the property. 

Assuming you’re going to see the property you should check the physical condition of the property.

USPS is reporting that our LLC PO box address is not our physical address to the state.

@Quentin MitchellWhat I meant is, group a few doZen of them together that over a 5 year hold will cashflow $100 each monthly (round to $5,000) and then yes, you could use that to “live on”... but at the end of year 10 you’re left with an absolute garbage sfh that literally has zero value (physical buildings DEppreciate) and you’ve got some land value (land Appreciates)... so you may have paid $75k for both land and sfh to start, you ended up literally eating and paying for gas etc with all your “cashflow” and now in year 10 (or sooner for D class) you’ve got a knockdown little box, in the hood, beside 400 other little knockdown boxes...

Tait,I have not been in this position before, but I would not get a PO Box, since your physical address is likely tied to tax records that are public anyway.