Question when dealing w/ out of state absentees

[Al Bunch]

Sending out direct mail to absentee landlords - I decided at the last minute to include out of state as well as in-state. I'm getting more OOS than IS - how do you go about viewing the property just prior to signing paperwork and how do you handle paperwork with an out of state?

I'm comfortable doing in-state where I can do face-to-face and I've closed out of state deals via Fedex before, but I've never worked an out of state end to end.

Limited power of attorney for a designated rep in Houston? Get his/her property mgmt company involved?

I've got two deals on the hook right now, with sellers on opposite ends of the country (Virginia and California).