If you physically go there especially at night it should be more obvious. 

Here are a couple of free appraisal services you can try:www.zillow.comwww.domania.comFor a more reliable, yet low fee approach to a physical appraisal would be an AVM (automated valuation method).

If the appraisal is required by the bank then they're going to require someone physically go out to the property. 

That disproportionately affects the person doing the physical work.

-My friend talked to the tenant about the tenant giving pets non-pet food without the owner's permission; as a result the tenant physically threatened and intimidated my friend.

I have not seen the referenced recent court decision but my understanding is that once a child support order is entered in California, a lien arises that attaches to all of the non-custodial parent's real property at the time the order is entered. 

There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale.Since I can't gain access to property prior to the auction I'm purchasing it pretty much unseen since I can only view it from a distance from the exterior.

I don't want to collect rent checks or watch my mailbox for a physical check.  

When it comes to the initial phone call when dealing with off market deals from direct owners, is it always better to pick up the physical phone and dial out to reach them, or would a robo dialer with a pre -recorded message be more efficient?

Still, there are a lot of RE investors who put a lot of their faith in crypto, many who are dabbling with more risky decentralized investing, while others are waiting for a particular bank or two which I can't name to offer up crypto custody services.As for what it means for real estate... very little, in my opinion.