No appraisers have to physically go to the property.

I am working on trying to understand the BP calculator and how to get more details incorporated.   

In reality, nobody ever needs to physically go to a title company to sign documents but the system has not evolved to reflect modern technology.

I will definitely incorporate this on my future reports. 

I feel people spend more when payment is not in a physical form. 

(Four rentals in the medium term PLUS house hacking our way into free housing, freeing up additional money to invest each month) I have home office work sessions where I contemporaneously log all my real estate activities, do the bookkeeping and keep all the filing organized (physically/virtually), communicate with relevant parties like lenders, subcontractors, agents, etc.

Write at a price that you can reasonably qualify at (i.e. you have 30% down in liquid funds).3) Get it mutually accepted, then go thru the contingencies:a) Title reviewb) Physical inspectionc) Books/records reviewd) Financing approvalYou'll need to affirmatively waive each.

Of course I caveat that with "from what I can see, but that might change upon formal due diligence of both physical condition and financials". 

I find it easiest to have tenant deposits in a checking account, because we only refund deposits through checking and by mailing to a physical address provided by the tenant; this gives us something for tracking purposes in case anyone claims fraud later on.

Joshua Culbertson Did you find a meetup virtual or physical?