For me, I have no real obligations that require my additional time, so I choose to put in the work now when it's easy so I can reap the benefits later when it would be tougher.

Otherwise, just put money in index funds for those easy 7% returns.

SECO electric is also easy to deal with when doing rehab or  between tenants (Ocala electric is also OK - Duke is horrible and expensive).   

If gas gets to $10 a gallon, which it will in future, then will be worth it.Terry they are one of the safest cars on the road as well. i look at safety as a big priority of what i drive.. i used to drive easy 30k miles a year in N.

How easy it to secure property there living outside of state.2.

Julie i was thinking the same thing, it's probably just as easy to transpose the info to my own spreadsheet with the info needed. 

While preparing to for their first purchase they spend all of their time worrying about running numbers, which in my opinion is easy to do once you find a system that works, and they do not spend enough time researching the tenant/property management aspects of a potential deal which are a lot more intricate than running numbers in almost all cases. 

@Mike Hoherchak I completely agree with @Quito Keutla and would also say to focus on a niche and stick with it, it's very easy to get caught up in the shiny object game. 

But with the unpaid rent you've got an easy eviction case.

Capital growth here is really muted and the virus like de- gentrification in some areas can be difficult to pick.