@Julian Pilate-Hutcherson We work almost exclusively with OOS investors and it's a mixed bag...I sold 3 MF properties this month to folks that have never been to the state...and I have another set of clients that have been in the market for months and make routine visits to the city...I think it has a lot to do with comfort-level...truth told, we can leverage technology and get every possible detail on the table for review to make a pretty informed buy/pass decision...combined with an inspection and appraisal, there is really no need to be here in person looking at deals....

I routinely turn down new clients because there is just no way to make some property cash flow.

Houses are routinely gone within a week now with multiple offers at full or over the list price.

But practice and routine will become easier so you can overcome your fear.

The management company I use for my long term rentals has several employees that get their degree from Stout in Property Management and routinely hire part time help that are working towards that degree.  

If you have a busy 9-5 routine but have the money to get started and don't have enough time, turnkey companies provide some of the best resources to scale your portfolio.

Don't look back in 10 year and do the "would've, could've, should've" routine.

Once someone rents they have to send a picture of their drivers license and a selfie of them holding their drivers license (yes, I routinely ask strangers to send me selfies). 

At one period of my life, I routinely worked 60 hour weeks, lived on my OT and banked my regular salary. 

In all three companies it was very important to assess an accurate value of the homes for two reasons:We did not want to "over lend" on homes because that would have affected the profitability of the lending operation;We routinely had to borrow money to make loans with and we had to have an appraisal method that worked in order to satisfy part of the concerns that investors have when the only real collateral being offered are the homes and the lending contracts.Years ago, I signed up for and took the two day course offered in using the NADA system.