It's going to depend a lot on how many units you manage, how geographically distant they are, and what the handyman landscape in your area looks like.

Something painful and ugly, even it’s still too distant to see clearly now.Whenever and whatever the next crisis is, I want to survive it with my wealth intact.For anyone wondering how to protect themselves, here's a few strategies:• Diversify across asset types and even geographies• Keep some liquidity and “hard” assets like cash reserves or metals• Invest in assets with real-world utility (housing, farmland, essential services)•Use fixed-rate debt wisely—it can be your friend during inflation• Build legal and tax protection through smart entity structures• Keep learning and growing your network!!!

 If your first investment purchase is going to be in a distant market, it should not be an investment opportunity predicated on generating cash flow which is precisely what student housing rented by the room is geared to accomplish.

Local or distant?

However, I’m wondering if anyone here has had success investing OOS in locations hundreds or even thousands of miles away and still managed to maintain solid cash flow.Have you been able to overcome the challenges of investing in a distant market, and what strategies or systems have worked for you?

Buy a 7/10 located workhorse multi-family building in a distant market that's sized to handle outside management.

Although I'd also like to begin my personal real estate investment journey in the not too distant future as well, so I would also love to be able to have some conversations with anyone who has experience in the field and is kind enough to offer some potential guidance.

I don't know one that hasn't that we've conversed with, along with other Chinese chips like Zucho or distantly down Majorana among others. 

Have some distant family down there.

The city doesn't have price barriers that will force you to distant markets.