It's really about developing the right team and establishing certain checks and balances in place to provide you a level of trust and comfort so you don't have to physically travel to your property.  

I found THIS article and have been incorporating some of it and it has brought me buyers.

When you are not there physically, you have to have someone you trust to take care of your tenants and property.

To complement the physical driving, you may also consider virtual 'driving' using Google Maps.

Aside of that, we were pretty much a lawn ornament, just sitting there looking pretty and being useless.ya out here the brokerages get their commissions via electronic transfer and the Alta same thing its e mailed to them or put in their drop box no one physically takes paper documents anywhere and has not forever..

You need to figure out what is it what would give your ideal customer value... and incorporate it on the website.Think... wouldn't YOU want to see who you would be dealing with if you were in their place?

Ok, makes sense that there won't be significant physical improvements. 

It will also help me as I look into my next property and run my numbers for acquisition should I feel I need to incorporate similar measures.

We also look at the existing conditions (physical occupancy versus economic occupancy) and market saturation to determine the value as Scott notes. 

Look up the Columbus MSA compared to Atlanta, Nashville and several other cities on your list2.1% of the country is in the Atlanta metro area. 0.9% of the country is in Nashville (growing rapidly). 0.8% is in ColumbusYou are confusing the legal incorporation of cities within the MSA as a point that should not “count” for population... when in fact the city had to grow big enough for its suburbs to incorporate in the first place