These could include decreasing vacancy, increasing rents, charging utilities to tenants, laundry services, vending machines, adding storage units for rent, fixing up the units for higher rents, charging for garages instead of open parking, etc.

When you're out of area, you're now depending on others for virtually every facet of the transaction.

For example, the washing machine hose breaks.

I'm presenting attending Scott's virtual conference, NoteCamp 2.0.  

The property I'm looking at now, I know the owners are in their mid 80's, I know he's still alive because I called him and his shaky voice is on the answering machine.

We do a virtual video walk-through of all our listings.

To the extent as well, if there is a copy machine on premise, they essentially have to make you a copy.

I clean my main lines before every new tenant , and I charge them if they clog the lines , paid for the machines years ago .

They say things like "I'm going to give you (virtually zero) down and $300/mo and you'll come out way ahead.

it was built in 2008 and is virtually perfect aside from a few runs in the berber carpet.