Isn't it risky buying properties you are not physically there to see?

Distress - as in physical - is often best found driving for dollars or in limited communities getting a list from the local municipality for those cited for ordinance violations.

An incident can occur that may require your physical presence.  

Insurance (give us an idea of physical structure size and type (for example if it is just Surface parking for 3 acres with and office, fence and gate, you might use $3,000 per year), Property tax (look up for your city/county), Repairs/ground/road maintenance (major cost will be roads), Electric/Utilities, onsite management (paid or you unpaid, selfservice), Website/internet/other advertising or costs, Just doing Operating Income above, thus disregard Interest expense, depreciation and income taxes for now. 

Also, real estate is everywhere and its physical, whereas other investments can't so much be seen or felt.that's just a few reason why I believe it is attractive for so many people!

You never really need to see your lender, so it really doesn't matter where they are physically located. 

Hi there,This is a question about tax deductions and qualifying income.Last year I qualified for the foreign-earned income deduction (FEID), a deduction that allows me to deduct about $100k from my taxable income because I was not physically in the United States for that year.

It also does not include any properties sold off-market or anything that was not physically listed on MLS as a “Multi-Family”.

@Joshua Tavares I  would ask when he will be physically out and would be marketing this unit now.

Pro Tip: You may want to do this electronically and send it to them as soon as you have their contact info, because of lot of the work that goes into an appraisal gets done before the actual appraisal inspection (so handing them a physical binder on the day of the appraisal could be too little, too late in some cases - but is still better than nothing).