Anyway, I'm thinking maybe HF has more advantage for online bidding, as they could essentially create many virtual IDs and have a large pool of fund to leverage.

My family also goes to the Gulf Shores area of Alabama each year, and virtually every listing I've seen there is Sat-Sat during the summer.I would suggest Sat-Sat because I think that works with more people's M-F work schedule. 

I then want to have a virtual meeting with the GP who will actually be overseeing the daily operations.One of the projects is already stabilized and the GP is looking to sell; should have a significant amount of capital returned. 

I've been collaborating with what I believe is a virtual assistant to coordinate the appraisal and inspections for a few months.

It could work, but a long ways from the virtual certainty you should desire if investing your mom’s money.  

It was nice to have a virtually private workshop with 3 experts, but I am certain most people who paid wanted to attend.  

@Jamie Banks and I have recently launched a virtual meetup for MTR operators called The MTR Connect.

You could do this in the BiggerPockets forum, but building relationships with people from other states behind a keyboard is hard.

Remember when they took certain keys of the keyboards as left white house, lol. 

In summary I see deals close virtually daily that I believe only work well with a lot of patience (more patience than I have).