As of now they plan to begin their return to the physical office in April 2021, 3 months before my start date, but no official guidance as to how reopening will work or what the company will transition to (or back to) in the long term. 

Hire a Lawyer/ Title Company for:Title InspectionDocument InspectionHire a Property Inspector for:Physical InspectionOther Inspection:Plumber (Inside Drainpipes)Pest InspectorAsbestosLead-Based PaintStep 7: Getting Ready to Close.Order Insurance from your Insurance AgentHomeowner’s Insurance or Rental Property InsuranceSetup your Business Checking & Savings AccountPreparing all the Necessary Forms on Managing your PropertyPreparing BookkeepingFinal Walk-through the PropertyPlan the Rehab (Do this while doing Physical Inspection)Double Check the Documents and Sign itStep 8: The Rehab Stage.Present the Rehab Plan to the Contractors and ask for a BidHire the Contractor with the best service, qualifications, and project history, and reasonable price.Create a Checklist for the Project and Give to the Contractor (only pay the contractor each time they get something done on the checklist)Step 9: Find Tenants.Advertise your Rental Property:For Rent SignCraigslistNewspapersMLSPortalsRental App (like Apartmentlist.com, RentCafe.com, RentSpree, Pocketlist) Existing TenantsStep 10: Screen Your Tenant.Set your Rental CriteriaBackground and Credit CheckPrior Felonies within 7 yearsPrior Evictions FiledPrior Evictions Carried OutBankruptciesJudgmentsCriminal Issues or bad financial HistoryVerify Income & Renting HistoryStep 11: Accept Tenant.Lease AgreementMove-In Condition ReportSecurity Deposit and 1-month rent paymentStep 12: Train Your Tenant.

It requires ending the constitution to facilitate it, ending contract law, ending the entire mortgage industry, ending rental housing as a whole, ending commercial real estate as a whole, reaching in and completely altering every business that has any physical presence at all....

I've asked this tenant if she is seeing any droppings or other physical signs.

(Full disclosure;I've run a mastermind group before and it worked as long as it was physical meetings.

My recommendation would be to interview and incorporate trustworthy experts to help like thorough inspectors and land use/zoning attorneys.

LANDLORD INDEMNIFICATION CLAUSE IN THE EVENT OF RESIDENT DEATH OR INCAPACITATIONIn the unlikely, untimely, and unfortunate circumstances should the resident become incapacitated, suffer an unattended death, suffer a death by misadventure or other misfortune, or for any other reason be transferred to an assisted living dwelling, become incarcerated into a military, federal, or state institution, and no longer be able to physically occupy the premise or pay the agreed upon contract rent for the premises; the resident being of stable mind and sound reason at the time of the signing of the written lease contract, does hereby appoint, under the aforementioned circumstances, casualties and conditions, the undersigned executor to be authorized on the resident’s behalf to obtain access to the dwelling space from the property management for the sole purpose to declare rightful possession of the apartment’s contents and henceforth salvage and remove the entire contents the residents’ personal belongings and effects with the sole permission of the resident at the time of the signing of this written lease rental agreement.

Price, discounts, physical appearance, security, etc. 

The best way to learn how to inspect a house is to physically inspect it.

The only difficulty is getting those items set up and the physical showing of the property.Full disclosure I don't have any remote rentals.