kl area, not my hometown, have to fly over, a bit of hassle

When first stating out, go for properties nearby.
Best if you can drive to within 10 min.



decide to stamp thus declare to tax for ability to sue tenants if anything goes wrong as i am not always there.

LOL. You don't sue tenants, you evict them.
Also when you're not there, how would you sue them?



decide not to stamp/declare tax because can fix myself easily if anything goes wrong

If it does goes wrong, you'll have a new boyfriend sleeping with you everynight.



In properties, you can pay 0% tax. Go ask someone smarter about this.

Play this game professionally.