Should I meet my tenants?

[Amy Engelhard]

I own a rental property in a town 3,000+ miles from where I live.  I have never seen it in person and obviously have not met the tenants in person.  In a few weeks I will be in town visiting family.  Should I go introduce myself to the tenants?  

I have been mostly self-managing so I have talked to them several times to schedule maintenance and contractors and they are very nice.  

Here's my thought:

I don't want to meet them.  I think can make more rational decisions, ie. "stick to the lease agreement" type decisions, business decisions if I don't.  Meaning it would be much easier to evict a tenant for not paying rent if I didn't meet her adorable 5yr old boy (as an example)..

Curious to hear other's opinions on this!  

[Andrew B.]

I think you're doing a disservice to your rental to not visit occasionally for inspections. If you do not, how do you truly know what kind of shape it is in? You can only trust your boots on the ground so much.