So visiting a new market in person the few times you decide to expand shouldn’t be too much of a hassle.All that said, there's a ton of research, analysis, and learning you can do remotely to help narrow down your search before actually visiting in person.Here's a couple visuals/comparisons on some of the areas mentioned in this thread.

I'm currently reading David Greene's book on BRRRR and was curious about how you all go about planning or visualizing added rooms to potential purchases. 

That + reading Start with Strategy and filling out the accompanying workbook to help me actually visualize and write down my goals with a plan has really helped me a lot! 

The best way to develop a solid SOW is this - you start off with what you are visualizing in your head, send drawings, pictures and products that you like.

But when I share that the low point on that visual is 1.700% of mortgages, and the high point is 1.730%, maybe the context makes a difference.

I am not telling you to do one thing or another  Also, i believe that FHA will not allow renovations to a home unless it’s already livable with minimal to no repairs visually needed but go check.

I recently used a structural engineer to do a visual inspection of one of my single family rentals. 

If there's a dispute on the disposition, having visual evidence of what you're asserting is really important.

We’ll use these as visual aids in our presentations to investors, during dispo of fix and flips, and for our property managers to show prospective out-of-town tenant leads. 

It has a great search option.I like how visually organized the software is.