It is important that you hire professionals who have experience working with investors on Visas.

It is important that you hire professionals who have experience working with foreign investors.

Less theft vandalism shootings etc . and getting those paid off in 7 years is the way to go.. you get them paid off then you can hire a full time GM to take over your roll of owner enforcer.. 

They are not owned by the client who hires the architect/engineer.

Also consider if you're going to self manage or hire a pm.  

Real estate is playing big - just hiring the wrong contractor can easily cause us to lose $20K.

But, if the cost is fairly nominal, maybe under a couple grand, and you have no experience in real estate, including owning your own home and hiring contractors for that, then it is likely worth it.I would always start with a deep assessment of where you feel you don't have adequate knowledge.  

If for some reason you are not able to do tours in person you might want to consider hiring a leasing agent or property manager to do it.

What kind of contractors should I be hiring? 

Either that or hire an expert to tell you what it means.