His student debt is a distant memory2.  

So if you envision yourself building up a stable of high performing, moderately appreciating properties in a market like mine and being as "distant" from the operation as possible, then that's a useful thing to realize. 

Take google street view down some of these distant towns and you are shocked.

I am hopefully following down the footsteps in the not to distant future.

And, unless you have a big bank roll to fly around the country or hire your own people, buying on-line or through other long-distant avenues seems pretty risky.

in fact the dream was so distant that i didn't even think it was possible to do... before Jan 1 2018...