It's so much harder to find positive cash flow nowadays but it's not impossible.

While it's not impossible to rent out the property, it may lead to a longer period of vacancy.

Not saying it is impossible to do this remotely and never visit (people do this successfully).

Example: Almost 3yrs ago now as it got next to impossible to land a buy, multiple offers and crazy over ask for seemingly anything, we had to pivot.

The difficult part is, it’s impossible to reach out to anyone once you invest. 

Quote from @Kerry Noble Jr: Essentially you can find someone to put a note on it for, lets say 250 and out of that 250 the 150 gets paid off but they hold the note on it now. this is mission impossible.. on the loan side  its an owner occ loan.. you have to do full dodd frank and she wont qualify.. also you have pre foreclosure laws that have to be adhered to.Sale is what needs to happen in my mind full stop the rest is just talk and wishful thinking. 

If these issues were resolved, Memphis would be the next Austin or Nashville—markets where home values have soared, making cash-flow investing nearly impossible.

Relocating to the Burlington, VT area and would love to invest within a few hours drive from there but it seems impossible to get that kind of return anywhere around there! 

@Gord Stevenson Hello Gord,That's just it, finding something within the 2% realm seems nearly impossible.

Also given the fact that its darn near impossible to get any kind of civil judgement executed and collected on in Portugal.