And depending on how far away they are, they're not likely to hop on a plane very often to check up on you .

A couple of my favorites are:* Fandango- great for finding movie theatres, what is playing and even purchasing tickets* Trip it- automatically creates itineraries when you recieve email confirmations for plane tickets, hotels, etc.* Cam Scanner- uses your phone to scan paperwork for email* NPR News/BCC- my two favorite news apps* Pandora- radio* Bank/Brokerage Apps

Grab the paperwork, jump on a plane, meet with the POA face-to-face and get the paperwork signed on the spot.

Has anyone had success in getting a property out of a flood zone after having work done to the property IE. raising a part of all of the landscape so that it sits above base flood plane?

Checking out the suggested areas would require long plane rides.

Before I knew it, I had signed up to come and booked plane tickets.

On that basis alone I would be extremely skeptical.Are you willing to get on a plane and spend some time in this area?

Matthew, are you planing to do anything to these homes?

I'd get on a plane and meet people in person.

IMHO, you need to get on a plane and go have a look at the property and the neighborhood in person.