In 2014 I started working at Quicken Loans and in 2016 they gave me an opportunity to move out to San Diego from Detroit so I jumped on it, shortly after being here in San Diego I realized there was more to life than commuting an hour each way and working a minimum of 10 hour days.

In 2014 I started working at Quicken Loans and in 2016 they gave me an opportunity to move out to San Diego from Detroit so I jumped on it, shortly after being here in San Diego I realized there was more to life than commuting an hour each way and working a minimum of 10 hour days.

Although that 1 hour commute from Boise to the base in winter gets old, you might consider the city of Mountain Home as well.

From my perspective you'd be short-sighted and fear-motivated to sell.For the most part, you can self-manage a property, even from a distance, if you have built a few decent relationships with area investors (or can do so moving forward), so don't sweat the coordinates on a map.

It's super sexy and as far as places to live go I bet you could move to Austin and not feel the Cali blues too bad, but please do not diversify into another cyclical market . . . that would be missing one of the holy-grail opportunities of long-distance investing.

However, your commute to base will be pretty long, the town doesn't have much to offer (neither does Jax really, but you are closer to the beach and to Wilmington), and most importantly, its an area of flat or even declining population growth and a very low appreciation market. 

Unless you are dead set on getting a management company, I believe this Short-Term forum reads like a great book in itself and can show you some very simple ways to self-manage even at a distance. 

For this area, I am only interested in properties within walking distance to the train station and this is only a stone’s throw away.

It’s near the freeway so I appreciate that to cut down commute time but it’s also in a C-D class neighborhood.

Is there anyone else out there investing in the Twin Cities from a distance that would be interested in commiserating?