As it stands, due to the first paragraph, I only entertain these scenarios at the point in which the tenant/buyer/borrower is ready to exercise their option.

Obviously I would still exercise caution with how much of the total allowable I borrowed, but I don't want to limit myself with a lesser available amount. 

Some cities have offices you physically go to and others you can look up online.

Staying close to home helps because you can physically go by the house, see it, touch it and check up on it if need be.

I will definitely visit the property in-person before closing, but wanted to get your advice on best-practices when it comes to getting a property under contract before physically visiting it.Thank you in advance!

I'm looking at it for an exercise in house hacking, having graduated from my 3-family in Boston. 

What's the best way to go about renovating a property when I can't physically be there?

I've added a comment below that I've posted on similar questions from other BP members;The lender can exercise the "due on sale" clause if the name(s) of the buyer are not the same name(s) as the members identified as the owners of the LLC.

This was absurd since the reason I had the POA in the first place was because I would not physically be there, and yet they required that I physically be there to sign a SPECIFIC POA, so that I would not have to be there for the closing.

We underwrote 6% stabilized physical vacancy.