MARK KOHLERMain Street Professionals, Main Street Professionals, Main Street Professionals, Main Street Professionals, Main Street Professionals, LLC · Owner at Main Street Professionals, LLC

How to Find the Best Out-of-State Real Estate Investments

28 Aug 2026 · 1 min

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In this segment of Mark Kohler’s YouTube video on out‑of‑state real‑estate investing, Kohler emphasizes that savvy investors focus on managing their property manager rather than the property itself. He explains that local markets can become saturated or too expensive, limiting cash‑flow and flip opportunities, while viable deals may exist several states away. The conversation highlights a common fear among investors who worry about not being able to physically monitor distant properties. Kohler and the co‑speaker counter this mindset by encouraging property tours, leveraging modern tools like Google Maps and the internet, and educating investors to demystify remote investing. The overall message is a shift from an outdated, hands‑on mentality to a modern, manager‑centric, technology‑enabled approach.

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The smart people learn how to manage their property manager, not manage a property. If I'm in my local area, and I'm seeing not a lot of opportunity, and if I buy a home that I— it's really difficult to flip it, and I can't cash flow it because I'm— there's too expensive. That may be your little circle of life. It doesn't mean that 2 states away, 5 states away, there's an opportunity. And I think people get really fearful. Well, if I can't go drive by that every day, Yeah. it's bad investor mindset. And I I try to unwind that all the time and let people know, you know, the smart people learn how to manage their property manager, not manage a property.
That is so old school. That was the mentality 25 years ago when you didn't have Google Maps, I guess. You know, you didn't have the internet. I'm sure it was probably a lot scarier then. But we do help people overcome that fear by doing property tours. Like, I want you to come out and see it. Of course it's scary. We're always afraid of things we don't know or understand. But when you go and see it and learn it and understand it, it's not scary anymore.