Finally closed on my house in Jacksonville, Fl.I ended up giving Power of Attorney to my brother and having him sign for me.I would advise others to have their POA setup prior to leaving the US as I had to go to the US Embassy in Bangkok to have the POA papers notarized.  

Battery is still 99% after almost 2 month although I am not sure how accurate that is.The reason I choose Schlage over Kwikset is it seems Schlage still is updating their App quite frequently.

@William Powers Hi William - Based upon your comments above it sounds like you're doing very well in the Lake County market!  

I think proving the concept with your own capital is extremely powerful.

From a platform standpoint, AirBnb is too powerful.

Sometimes tenants abuse "free" power by running the AC with the windows open and so on.

Intel is a great example, who is building the largest chip manufacturing plant in the US right here, and it will be a $20 billion dollar investment that brings a few new thousand jobs.https://www.dispatch.com/story/business/2022/01/21/intel-ohio-building-computer-chip-factories-licking-county-jersey-township/9173472002/ Another example of economic growth is the upcoming Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Inpatient Hospital which is a 1.9million square foot hospital that will bring over 800 new beds and a thousand new jobs. https://abc6onyourside.com/news/local/new-osu-hospital-expected-to-transform-health-careHere are a few more recent investments https://www.10tv.com/article/money/business/hydrogen-power-company-hyperion-bringing-700-jobs-to-columbus/530-25907aab-5517-4661-a9f3-d2ed2d5be6b0 https://news.wosu.org/news/2022-02-08/rumpke-to-build-50-million-recycling-facility-in-columbus Check out The Complete Guide to the Columbus, Ohio Real Estate Market which goes through the Columbus, Ohio market in depth and will give you a better scope of where the highest levels of growth are taking place and where to look to invest.  

Quote from @Dan Powers: @Isadore Nelson It all depends on what you are comfortable with risk wise, the 19134 zip code has a wide range of values.

As you ask, "Can I get an appraisal waiver, never mind the open sewer line in the kitchen", the borrowers won't make it to closing, no worries, I have power of attorney.

@Dan Powers   You should post this in the REAL ESTATE CLASSIFIEDS section under Real Estate Events & Meetups.