Ask them to meet you at an appointment and walk the property with them.

I’ve reached out to my CPA but in all honesty he is very much of a meet in person, make an appointment kind of person which just doesn’t work with my work schedule.

In my opinion, you're doing the same thing with your 13 cities. 2-3 days is better than 24 hours, but not by much.Would recommend reducing it to a city/week and setting up appointments to see several properties in each city, to get a better feel for where you want to invest and who you want on your team. 

Organize a head shot day if needed....in exchange for setting up a room and appointments for all your agent friends and vendor friends..and customers you get some for free.

This should determine what you do on your first visit to wherever you choose to invest.5) If you chose to do everything yourself (caution - VERY DIFFICULT from abroad, particularly in unknown lands), use your time on your first visit to find the best team possible (this begins with internet research, references, setting of appointments, etc).

I just told him it wouldn't work out.I guess I was thinking more of when you have a gut feeling that the applicant is fishy but you have no actual basis for proving that without running the application (they showed up on time for the appointment, etc.).

Next week I have a few appointments with CPAs and one of 'em is an attorney too.

You need to look at houses in the area you want to work, and don't make it too big,,start with a zip code, learn everything you can about houses that have recently sold, check out every house on the market, find out what they later sold for.Know about the schools, does on street go to one high school, but one over goes to a different one, which one is more desirable (big deal in the area I buy).You don't get to know a market overnight,,it takes time, but until you start you won't ever know the market.Look at houses,,,lots and lot of houses,,talk to realtors, talk to investors,,you don't have to get an appointment to see the inside of all of them,,just check them out as best you can (an agent won't really appreciate taking you to 30 houses every weekend,,,

He says the reason he's asking is because he's been appointed trustee of a trust for an elderly neighbor and he's supposed to invest the money for the trust.

SAVE your appointments in the Calendar and keep the contact ID - - you'll know it's not just another robo call.