Is it advisable to visit a potential investment area or is it ok to buy without visiting the area?

Just for my interest, a couple of questions with regard to investing in US real estate as a non-US citizen from abroad. Also, if there's any recommended ways of going about this, please let me know and why that is the...

Fellow BiggerPocketers:I like the idea of investing in a large multifamily (e.g. 100+ units). These don't exist in my state (New Jersey). So I would need to invest out of state. My fears with being a plane flight away...

Gathering and educating myself for getting into real estate. I’m 24 years old and located in San Diego. I’m looking at out of state  due to lowe cost of homes and lack of ability to find deals in my approved range loc...

Have some of you read this book? Is there new unique methods that we should know that aren’t discussed on Bigger Pockets? I’d appreciate comments or brief review.  I’d love to think there WAS a (Profitable) lazy way...

The Real Estate License Act (RELA) of 2000 is about to sunset. Check out the changes they are making to the RELA regarding wholesaling. How do you think this will affect things? 
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Seeking help with the search for and acquisition of distressed, old, underutilized property in South Austin (between Zilker and I-35 & Riverside and Oltorf).I intend to execute a tear down and/or implement signifi...