A company may respond, not likely tho but the good news is the caller will be the potential resident themselves- able to make the decision much faster.

Good news, you won't even have to water it manually, the owner has sprinklers installed."

@Katharine Richards - the good news is Milwaukee has a huge inventory of duplexes in all kinds of price ranges; you can get something decent in the low 200's, if you care about the school district you will be more in the 250 to 300 range, or if you want to be on the East sie close to the lake you are looking in the 300's and up.

The good news is that you have plenty of time to learn.

The good news is the seller is open to trying this again.

Your citing 1 lone report saying wealth is leaving MN which is news to my ears.

Here's an example of what's in the works: https://www.notarypublicstamps.com/members/news/1147And here's a good summary of current law:https://www.hklaw.com/en/insights/publications/2020/04/remote-online-notarization-more-states-including-new-jerseyAt the height of the crisis we had underwriters actually telling us to find a Virginia RON to handle remote signings as they had more flexibility.

My previous concerns with NY real estate are largely well known already- high bid up sale prices, low CoC return, highly favorable tenant laws, etc.Now on top of the rent moratoriums from COVID, landlords also have to deal with new statewide tenant protection laws enacted toward the tail end of 2019 that provide an astronomical amount of tenant protections. https://www.rebny.com/content/rebny/en/newsroom/in-the-news/2019/Housing_Stability_Tenant_Protection_Act_2019.html/also not looking good for "mom and pop" investors: https://www.amny.com/news/rent-laws-new-york-1-32225521/Bottom line is, I'm sure there are NY residential landlords in here. 

Here is a link.https://www.fanniemae.com/portal/media/corporate-news/2020/covid-payment-deferral-7018.htmlThis way you prevented the seller from completely losing everything and you just got a good deal on the property while being protected.

@Cole Bigbee, Bad news - unfortunately there's nothing you can do at this point.