(I specifically say B class or higher in a mid-sized or larger city, because lower class properties, and properties in more rural areas would be exponentially more difficult to manage remotely...I may not be the brightest bulb in the chandelier, but I'm smart enough to avoid that trap...).I've self-managed my local LTRs for years, and the task that requires my physical presence more than any is showing property to prospective tenants (I can't easily hire this out to anyone other than a PM, so I'm stuck doing it myself)... but, I have heard of owners using smart locks, security cameras, and Zoom to remotely supervise/monitor prospective tenants who walk the property without anyone else physically present...Does anyone have experience/opinions about managing viewings remotely?

I also created a trust that monitors everything.

Also you can turn on and off the monitoring whenever you like without contract.

The only reasons that I can think of to pay a fee for a vacant unit would be if the owner wants it to be monitored for criminal activity or inspected for maintenance concerns (such as heat in the winter).

This is a wonderful business and you certainly don't want to be derailed early on.By having tenants where you live will allow you to stay close for managing/monitor your property.

I can’t tell if that is an additional cost.I see they offer the $0.99 or $3.00 per month for the monitoring.

Bigger Pockets has some great state forums and usually there are good locals that monitor those. 

And gauge this by monitoring your stress levels due to multiple projects, timelines being missed consistently, and funds availability to keep everything on schedule.

The trouble is that there really isn't a good way to monitor this perfectly.The Mortgage Professor has a table of conforming wholesale interest rates on his home page.

The Director, a good friend and soon-to-be investment partner, told me that their strategy is that they are trying to stamp out the drug activity by literally disrupting the drug routes (physical backwoods trails) by building and monitoring full communities in strategic locations over there.