It is much easier to find money when you have a legitimate deal. 

  :)That being said, I use both the Honeywell WiFi enabled thermostat and Nests at my properties. 

They can add legitimate expenses related to finding a tenant to your costs.   

Have any fees collected at closing by whatever legitimate title/escrow company is handling your closing. 

I also had heard larger investors criticize common techniques used by mom and pop investors such as investing locally and self managing.In the end I found out that mom and pop investors and the techniques they use are not bad and they enabled me to invest and make money even though I didn’t start off wealthy.

I responded that I understand but I would like to see invoices for all of the costs he is claiming (as they felt expensive and I drove by the house to saw that the dish we were being charged to remove was still installed on the roof) and am disputing the additional $500 of lawn expenses that seemed to appear out of nowhere ($800 claimed less the $300 which were legitimate and paid in December when we began paying the lawn guy directly).At this point, the landlord went silent. 

Secondly, what do I have, as an out-of-state investor, at my disposal to enable my agent to enter the property for a walk-through?

So I'm trying to create a system or method that enables me to keep track of any new properties, new prospects (buyers and sellers), or even real estate agents to I come in contact with.

Not if they have a legitimate need for an ESA. 

To be eligible for it you must be self-employed or have legitimate business with earned income.