If you do it with the tenant present, they will distract you from things, argue with whatever you find, and dramatically increase the amount of time required.If your state does require you to conduct one with the tenant, design a process that prevents them from distracting you.

I am an investor in the south side and have spoke with some other MACK investors who are using ABC Turnkey Properties.

@Brandon SturgillI've seen appreciation beating years of cashflow, can't argue about the power it has

I also understand that long distance investing is done, however, I would argue that for my own comfort, I would rather have done 1 or 2 houses (live-in flip) or rentals prior to distant investing. 

On the bigger pockets podcast there is an investor who argues against using insurance and that he has benefitted greatly from not having it, you should take a look!

I'm not going to argue for whether someone should allow pets or not.

But I'm not here to argue, @Kenneth Kussman, I'm here to help.

The Landlord could argue the damage was not visible at the time of the pre-inspection, or that the damage occurred after the pre-inspection.

On the job site, my partner and I were stressed and arguing constantly because the deal was going sour in so many unexpected ways.

Brent so you are arguing against HML?