Not only would it completely skew any data you might get from the tenant, but it might create an unwanted back channel around your PM.You could choose to be part of the "Quality Team."

Need assistance and advice on getting trespassing unwanted individuals out of my vacant property.  

Actually, one more thing that complicates my situation is that I am deathly, like literally death will happen, allergic to cats.So WE are looking for a rental house with NO carpet, which can be cleaned really well, allowing a small 12 pound dog with a good record of non destruction for 5 years in our nyc apartment, ( and we have renting references from here ). 

It is easy to be penny wise and pound foolish in this business.  

Title companies usually offer disbursement services as it keeps title cleaner for future transactions among other reasons, ask about disbursement loan services, they borrower can pay for it.Lots of folks have money, seems having money alone makes them think they can be a lender and that doing so is some simple matter that anyone who has made money can probably do......well, they just find it hard to admit they really don't have a clue and many lose money and wonder why when things happen, Penny wise, pound foolish applies.As Jeff mentioned, just any RE attorney is probably not versed in financial laws as finance is NOT real estate.

Maybe I should have put more emphasis on the "remotely working" part of my question so not to attract unwanted hostility from forum members. 

Penny wise, pound foolish, perhaps.  

If they don't animal control can usually take the animals away and place them in the pound.

You'll have to get out and pound the pavement.

We are revamping our website, putting out more bandit signs, printed a car magnet to put on my gf's dad's van ( he runs a newspaper route), flyers, business cards, contracted with a couple of postal workers to bird dog for us, and purchased a new marketing list for our direct mail campaign.One thing we are focusing a lot on now is pounding the pavement.