This property is located in a college town with a strong political presence from overzealous environmentalists that makes building new housing very difficult, and our location is a short walk from everything.

And that's ok because at least you recognized the need to get a presence on the web.

It is doubtful that a sale could be forced without the presence of outright fraud.

Very nice guy, seems knowledgable.We have had a few issues and I think from now on I will try to work locally first, I think things would have went smoother.Oddly enough I chose this person because they have a big presence on a forum I read alot and I felt safer with them than with a local person I didn't know at all, sort of opposite of your situation.As for giving out your info, I think the only way to safeguard it is to subscribe to a credit monitoring service that lets you check your credit on a regular basis.

I've been considering starting a property management company as well, but not sure if I want to have all the expenditurers that goes along with this type of business.First I think you're going to need a brick & mortar presence, or rent some office space.

Admittedly I thought physical presence of all parties involved was required at closing.

Physical presence will mean you are subject to any sales tax, property tax, income tax or other excise taxes of that particular state as well as reporting the income and expenses to your state.

I am researching some strategic and cost effective ways (virtual office/ phone, mail forwarding, etc) to create a virtual HQ presence in Wyoming while tying my Georgia location in as a satellite office.

There was quite an uproar here when Boeing was trying to get tax concessions for building the Dreamliner here.I suspect there will be some kind of Boeing presence in the state for many years.

Nope, struggling with little to no marketing presence.