He'll show you examples of his work if you want it, and I also visited hiim on one of his jobs to see the outcome.  

When we visit our out of state properties once every year or so, if it's in the fall, we plan on seeding and distributing that moisture control stuff on top where needed, then watering ourselves each day we're there and hope for rain after.  

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Might have to visit the house one more time after Thankgiving as 3+ inch of rain coming this week.

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I had just got home from visiting my Dad in the hospital, and began returning all of my missed calls and found I also had a voice mail from the detective.

Come back and visit!

And fixing three holes at once is cheaper than fixing one hole on three separate visits, but I feel like if a place starts to look beat up the tenant and/or guests aren't going to treat things with as much respect.  

However, I would verify this by visiting the property in the middle of a hot day and running the AC.

Desktop underwriting can serve a useful purpose when you're looking for a 30,000 ft view of a particular investment, but obviously it cannot be a substitute for actually boots on the ground site visits.