So a question, haha, and forgive me if this sounds incredibly naive - how about getting a property manager or someone else with boots on the ground to do the underwriting by visiting in person etc.

that OR consider buying a property you could short-term rent to people who literally just want to visit the casino if it's a large/decent one. 

I'm visiting for the holidays so would love to do a coffee chat if anyone is up for it! 

However, if you feel you need their input earlier, you could offer to pay for their visit to walk the property with you pre-inspection.

I generally recommend if you're not going to buy a property in the city/market where you currently live, the next best place to look is where you have family (and presumably a place that you'll visit relatively often and easily).What is your price point and are you looking for turn-key properties or something along the lines of a "fixer upper", assuming you buy in Peoria or a similar priced Midwest market?

Visiting over Xmas with family.  

So whether it books on the hotel site or Airbnb, AirDNA will see it booked either way.The only potential discrepancy is if they're listing it for a very different rate on the hotel site than on the Airbnb site. 

So I used to work for a basketball tournament that played in Washington IL every year and so I often visited that town plus Peoria.

It doesn't sound like you visited the market, the PM, or the seller in these markets.

And after their visit, more than 48 of those detergent pods "disappeared".