I own a mortgage company, so I have my loan officers use this Fannie Mae income calculation tool for all business for self borrowers: https://singlefamily.fanniemae.com/applications-technology/income-calculator .

They use technologies such as drone flyovers, infrared imaging, and LiDAR.

The investors I have worked with have found it to be a lot easier with the updated technology and everything going through a massive change post covid/2020. 

More and more people are working with remote tax accountants, with the amazing technology we have today why not work with someone your feel comfortable with from the comfort of your own home ?

It was a textile based area, when everything went overseas or technology based it got left behind.

The company also disclosed Dell Family Office Management, the family office of Dell Technologies Inc. founder and CEO Michael Dell, as a new investor."

Doug, you’ve gone with “what works” for you, not all the “latest fancy” technology, for technology sake.  

Bert looks like he's wearing those pants in the "your boss doesn't know how to use technology" memes

. - Inefficiency with payouts and administration will be compounded as the FAIR Plan has zero experience with a major pay out and lack infrastructure of assessors and technology to distribute the funds they don’t have.

Technology makes long distance investing possible, but it's still easier and less risky to do it close to home.