If he actually does any physical work (and he usually does end up doing one thing or another) I pay him for that on top.

They mean physical distancing.

I'm wondering if anyone uses these options or paypal to collect rent and if so has it been something a majority of tenants use or do they still drop off some sort of physical payment?  

The risk of buying a property without physically walking it first is definitely there.

In a worst-case scenario, it would be aggressive and violent tenants who don't want to leave and would physically resist removal from a property and that could be dangerous.

@James Wise our realtor brings us different properties that are going to be up and coming on the MLS and does a lot of the ground work when it comes to seeing properties and sending us information when we can't physically go see them.

I know it's going to effect a lot more people financially than it will physically.If you can't control something, then just decide to ride it out and SURVIVE it (financially and physically).And along those same lines I think I will change my focus off of this PITA uncontrollable thing and watch a good (guy) movie (The Longest Day, staring John Wayne and others): https://www.youtube.com/watch?

I am all about developing systems, and if there is even one outlier in a process, I essentially no longer have a system.If I post a physical notice on their door, I still have the possibility of a denial of receipt ("it was not there when I got home that day!")

Hope you are refreshed physically and spiritually. 

Hypothetically, if documents can't be recorded electronically or physically for whatever reason, it shouldn't be a roadblock in a legal sense because non-recorded Deeds and Deeds of Trust are still binding in TX.However, if the lender requires the documents to be filed before they fund the loan, that's a lender-specific policy and any exceptions would be at their discretion.