As they mention on several podcasts, if you simply remove coffee and insert chocolate, this is virtually an identical opportunity to the coffee farm parcel ownership opportunity.  

Virtual meet ups are cool too!

You could easily get a virtual assistant to do this for you.As far as finding property owner addresses there are a number of sites out there such as List Source that will allow you to create a very targeted mailing list of absentee owners, equity owners, etc...

As an aside, there's definitely a lot of virtual providers out there, but having a relationship with local professionals when starting a business will (assuming you find a solid provider) more than make up for the costs associated, and when (not if) things ever go wrong, you've got a team of professionals already familiar with your operation who will stand by you, by your business, and by their past advice/services to make sure you stay protected.Best of luck!

There are a lot of crazy construction activities happening in Chelsea (new silver line to downtown, GE office, FBI building, new casinos etc). 

If you aren't using them its amazing what you can do with virtual assistants , property helpers etc.  

@Lewis Christman Virtually all of the investors that we work with are out of state.

@Amy Rodgers We are currently investing in orange county ny, Legoland is coming to the area and they also recently opened the Resorts World Catskills casino nearby. 

They are renovating a lot of the casinos in the area as well.

I wrote a blog post on finding a mentorhttps://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/3225/26426-how...But keep in mind BP is like one giant virtual mentor.