I've been able to track down the homeowner name but I am having difficulty interpreting the documents that I am finding 

Hello, I'm investing in a few cities / metro areas and wanted to see if there is a service or technology that generates maps that demarcate cities by risk block by block?

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FYI, I have a Bachelors in engineering (USCB -1971) and a Masters in Management (USC) and it took 10+ years to get the experience that complemented my degrees.As a full-time job, I am the CEO of a multi-state technology company.

I'm planning to  heavily leverage technology to handle marketing, applications, scheduling showings, collecting rent, etc. so would also appreciate property mgmt software recommendations.Thank you in advance!

I have been told that all of my investing career but yet I keep making money and continue to grow.So far in this thread I have seen very little advise and lots of opinion based on personal experience other than the points that @Christian Rojmar has brought up.With the technology available today and the services provided by 3rd party EXPERTS I think investing at a distance isn't much different from a risk standpoint than investing close to home as long as you do your homework. 

It seems that water metering is generally heading this direction, using technology that is dominant in Europe.

However, as technology continues improve processes and lower cost I think we will see those percentage get lower as I’ve noticed with some of the responders to this thread.

Modern technology makes it easy to eliminate this.   

I can't imagine the difficulties these out of state buyers have with quality control and money control and that.