Something about physically crossing it off gives me a sense of satisfaction. 

Mind you; there are no physical damage to the garage door itself.

I am concerned because I had money in my wallet that was left in my room that is now missing.

I can say without a doubt that I would have totally taken the wrong deals if I hadn't physically visited the area to get a feel and built a team of professional boots on the ground who weren't afraid to be blunt with me. 

number of tax parcels, number of physical buildings?

The NC Secretary of State has what they call an eNotary, but "the process maintains the traditional safeguards of requiring the eNotary and the signer to be in the same physical location and for the identity of the signer to be verified by the eNotary." 

My insurance agent found two others but both required an automatic water turn off at the main valve but it’s physically impossible to put one there.

My purely hypothetical car wash mortgage client has 3 vending machines full of vastly overpriced car detailing stuff (next to a physical bulletin board showcasing some shiny freshly detailed sexy cars...), and one with snacks at normal vending machine markups (buys either at Costco, or whatever he finds on sale).GL.

IMO I think you need a physical book so you can earmark this stuff.

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