It really helps to have someone local walk the property and neighborhood, but if that's not feasible for you yet I would at least "walk" the neighborhood virtually through Google Maps.Lastly, I would join a Facebook group of investors and landlords in that specific neighborhood.

BTW who walked it? 

The rest is luck: did it rain that weekend and did we have the right buyers walk through the door, to push the winning offer just the last bit.. you can't control that. 

Who walked this property for you and gave you the reno budget? 

You should come to some of our meetups and ‘home crawls’ where we walk some of our current projects with clients in LA.

If you would like to schedule a walk-through inspection of the property after move out to assess property condition and any potential damages and cleaning charges, please let us know.

U think @Russell Brazil or @Steve K. are not going to be there at the final walk through to make sure their clients are protected ????

You need to know what you're doing or to have someone that can walk you through the process.

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I’d walk.