What type of real estate do you do in long island?

Finally locate the property with margin and a buyer.Good Luck

I believe that taking on a small rehab located in my area would work best for me given my experience, time and more importantly - cash.

looking at rentals only - lets say your strategy is to purchase to hold and rent - thus sucking up appreciation, depreciation and cash flow, tax benefits etc.rents usually are comparable to values in the area OR they're less (not good - see Long Island, New York).

You might get better results if you let people know where you are located.

Consider researching the locations where baby boomers like to vacation.

Our branch office is located in the Westshore and Kennedy area here in Tampa.

To rent out of state: 0) get all your co-located properties on the same rental schedule - say September 1st; 1) find a listing agent (to do the showings PM companies are the cheapest), 2) advertise it yourself on Internet and other venues, 3) Once a tenant is approved, schedule 2 trips to the properties--1 on move in day, and 1 on move out day.

A warm welcome to you Mack.There are lots of investors on this forum, so be sureto update your profile with your location and maybeuse your name and phone in your signature so theycan pick up the phone and call you with a deal.If you have a website, you can list that too.Now...let's get started with the networking!

I am currently doing lots of legwork locating properties with great spread.