In this day and age, however, technology allows for all types of virtual meetings.

There is not a day that goes by that I don't miss the Rocky Mountains as a backdrop.My professional background is technology, having spent 20+ years working for companies like Cisco, HP, and EMC.

lol ;)We'll be heading to Chiang Mai for the lantern festival in Nov, Bangkok, Phuket, then Tokyo, after I go to India, after the Summit.

Hi Steven,I would offer that you have a lot of self awareness ;-)What I value in our property manager: excellent communication/technology/quick to respond, good people skills, keeps impeccable records...and you'll know this because they'll have stellar references.All best, Penny

. - The Cleveland Metro School District just passed a $67/yr million citywide property tax hike that is touted to vastly improve the quality of inner-city education through the use of specialized boarding schools, targeting high-crime neighborhoods, and other innovative secondary education techniques.- Downtown residential population is increasing at 20% per year or greater, and more than 5,000 brand new units from converted downtown office buildings will come online in the next 18 months.

I haven't had a chance to try it yet as I am still self managing, but it seems pretty innovative.

All the software technology and analyzing in the world won’t help you if your higher than the guy down the street .

But as good as technology goes today.

I've already read quite a few books on real estate investing including "long-distance real estate investing" by David Greene (great book by the way), and I learned that investing locally and out of state essentially has the same process thanks to technology. 

Technology advancements such as email, phone calls, skype has enabled communication with a remote CPA to be seamless.