I've bought property without physically seeing it (except on the closing day I drove there), and haven't had any issues. 

I definitely have quite a team on my side, my aging parents need to slow down physically with construction but the vast knowledge they have will be crucial for my start up.

I have researched the area as much as I can without physically going there so feel free to chime in with any advice or recommendations.

@Joel O. even DSCR loan require whats called a warm bodied guarantor aka a physical person, to guarantee the loan will get paid.As far as removing your personal name and replacing title with an LLC, its probable but like I said, not all DSCR lenders report to credit, but some do.

You would then make contact with the IRA holders (digitally or physically) and invite them to an in-person event like a lunch and learn (at your expense) where you then lay out for them (over free food and sometimes drinks) why they should invest into non-correlated markets like the whole-loan mortgage space. 

Life insurance is kind of redundant if I have physical cash flowing assets.

We now use a spreadsheet that does the heavy lifting and all the receipts go in a physical folder.

With a facility that small you might be able to get away with an online portal (rental agreement signing and payments) in conjunction with a "landscape company"...when they mow the lawn, you have them walk around, do a lock audit, open empty units, consolidate anything left behind into one "junk Unit" and then email you the results so you can make sure your software inventory matches your physical availability. 

You are not physically removing it like you would with any other type of typical retirement savings account.

To rent a property in Philadelphia, a local agent (someone who is physically in Philadelphia) needs to be connected to the property.