This gives you the ability to monitor the property and it’s condition.Clean gutters every fall after leaves have fallen.  

There should be some good locals that monitor that state forum and can give you a better idea of your local options.

@Jeff Adams1) with radical intensity, find ways to increase income and decrease spending to build up funds to invest, including selling stuff you don’t need2) prepare to house hack, best scenario is to buy and live in a 2-4 unit building3) become an expert in a few neighborhoods close to home, research sales, monitor properties on the market, drive and walk the neighborhoods, network with owners, figure out who the active realtors are, know the financials 4) run financial scenarios of available properties in your area, determine your decision criteria and your business model (I.e. cash on cash return, positive cash flow per door, minimum return on flip, buy and hold, etc.), you can’t recognize a good deal until you’re an expert at evaluating a deal5) talk to lenders and determine the type and amount of funding you can attain6) search like crazy, have fun with it, be patient, only pull the trigger if the property meets your criteria, don’t massage the numbers too hard to make it work

Also remember if you don't do one and close, and then you come to find out there is an environmental issue - you basically won't be able to easily unload the property without taking a loss.The extent of monitoring and remediation is very site specific - it's difficult to broadly state "it's always expensive to remediate"  But to know how much it will cost to remediate costs a lot since a Phase 1 + Phase 2 can cost upwards of 20K or more depending on the size of the site and study area. 

Sign up for a monthly credit monitoring service (i.e.: equifax.com, transunion.com) 2.) 

I know because I have wi-fi thermostats and I monitor them.

Insurance monitoring (What is to monitor except quote it out every year if rates go up?)

The Federal Reserve monitors these business cycles and interevens when necessary.

I just ordered a data logger so I can monitor the temperature of the 80 gal storage tank - came in the mail today so it'll be fun to see what the actual temperatures are (instead of just feeling the pipe with my hand to see that it's warm)

After that it's monitor, maintain, his robust and disease free trees, and enjoy harvest time.