Are you going to pay your rent, or skip rent and book an Air B&B? 

If you do not plan to conduct business in NY then the bank may require you to fill out a foreign entity declaration (stating that you will not be conducting business in NY) and you can skip the registration. 

If the goal is simply to better understand the commercial landscape, values, and happenings, skip buying any course and start subscribing to the Business Journal for your closest major metro.

Quote from @Glenn Cross: Create a maintenance schedule so you don't skip something.

If you're considering to become an out of state investor, here are some of my tips: 1) Make sure you do your due diligence and don't be afraid of skipping a deal if the numbers don't work. 2) Know your focus - is it cashflow or appreciation?

All of their data is old and their skip tracing leads to nothing but dead ends.

The other option is too skip the letter and file a lawsuit, slamming him with every conceivable partnership violation, both contractural and statutory.  

My next batch I'll SMS to I'll figure out how to use an external skip service.

Since they are not professionals they may skip some of the hoops any professional lender would want.  

I’d say for personal use go for it, but for resale use skip it.