Pre-COVID I was in/out of these cities pretty regularly for events and all of them are easy weekend driving distances to each other.

If retirement is still far off in the distance maybe focusing on developing a real estate portfolio to ultimately fund the home of your dreams for retirement.In summary, there are so many factors that go into determining where to invest, but start with the end in mind. 

Our goal right now is to invest in multi-family properties by building relationships with those professionals in the various roles of real estate investing.I'm hoping to connect with and learn from as many of you as I can, and especially those who have experience in long distance multi-family investing.

Keep your distance! 

I have been doing research and reading books about rental property at a distance.

He’s selling bc he’s sick of being a long distance landlord.

Does anybody have experience with using a prepaid legal service for investing/rental/contracts for long distance investing? 

All of the fourplexes here for example date back more than a few decades and are in very undesirable areas in town for commute / quality of life.Also, @Kyle J., thank you for the input.

Virtual and site-unseen showings are becoming more popular due to the pandemic/social distancing and we have seen an increase in Renters Remorse. 

Trying to stay socially engaged while maintaining social distance.