Usually these things have a way of starting in the West and moving their way east so I'll be monitoring West coast real estate very closely as we close out this year.  

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. 

So, today i had this bright idea pop into my head while talking with a friend about it, because i was going to get all nerdy with it and build a raspberry pi with andriod so i could run the apps and just install a GPS addon to the pi, when i realized i have a few old cell phones in the drawer i no longer use that are basically paper weights at this stage in their life, so i pulled them out and picked out an old samsung s4 i replaced with my current samsung note 4 and booted it up after charging it for a few minutes and wiped it completely clean, the only app i installed for my test today was MilesIQ on the phone and set it up to my home wifi... i drove to the mall today to take the girlfriend shopping and to test the idea out, i turned off drive detection on the app on my Personal cell phone so it wouldn't log the miles and all i did was plug the old Samsung S4 into my charge cord in the car and layed the phone in my cup holder for the entire trip there and back... on my personal cell phone the notification that a trip was in progress never showed up, but the S4 it did.. and when i arrived at the mall i checked the app and it never showed any new trips added...

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.