The way I try to balance it is to do most/all of my reading/analyzing/networking (virtually anyway) before my family wakes up. 

It taught me that with time virtually all real estate will be able to generate favorable returns even the ones that were purchased with zero strategy.

I’m currently working on a deal a state over (I live near border so still just an hour away) do I use a closing attorney in that state for transaction? (Both closing attorney states)

Maybe once I get a better grip on wholesaling, the virtual aspect will begin to make sense.Though Wholesaling is my current focus, it's my starting point.

Just make sure that they have quality gear to do the job and ask them for some sample of their portfolio to see what they consider good quality.If you want to get fancy you can also get a video tour or a virtual tour of the condo.

@Najee HoggardProcess is pretty much the same from my understanding, and experience with trying to do virtual deals.

I have virtually no free time, so I was thinking of paying someone to find it for me.

I virtually wholesaled 37 mulfifamily properties last year without seeing a single one of them in person, with healthy profit margins. 

I want to grasp the concept of wholesaling locally before I move to a virtual market.

Historically the return of Los Angeles RE would beat the return on virtually any OOS RE market.