If you're touring a supposedly vacant property make sure to loudly announce yourself when you walk in. 

I live north of NYC these days and let me share with you that there is a populous group of European descended people who avoid taxes on religious grounds by declaring everything a religious institution, study religion while on welfare rather than working and having as many as 12 children per family.

:-) We ended up touring Kansas City together and met with several "turnkey" providers.

For higher end properties, I would probably fly in and tour them myself.

The process went smoothly from there.The one difference with me was that I was very familiar with the property as it had been on the market previously and I had toured, seen the financials, rent roll, etc.

http://www.meetup.com/Winnipeg-Investing-Meetup-Group/http://www.meetup.com/ManitobaREIA/http://www.meetup.com/Winnipeg-Real-Esate-InvestorsNetwork-and-cash-flow-club/http://www.meetup.com/WinnipegRealEstateInvestors/http://www.meetup.com/WinnipegTradingInvesting/So far, I've been to Every day investor group and I plan to attend one of their bus tours this Saturday.

They actually have a bus tour this weekend, where they plan to visit a couple of properties that currently been rehabbed. 

I’d tour “contractor” is “offended” by that....he’s not a contractor.  

I do the marketing/tenant vetting, but just need help to be there/open the door for 10-15 mins while the applicants come to tour-the-place.

@Mike Dymski and @Matt Groth take what I see as the European approach to carrying over (guys, it may just be how basic math was done in your state or local curriculums, IDK).