That and a new investor will learn about all those nuances much faster and with much lower risk by operating hands on and local as opposed to hiring out everything and leaving it all to the kindness of strangers in an out of state market they no nothing about except for what they read on the internet. 

Many of those that do have a college degree majored in an unrelated subject.You aren't the only one struggling with this, I'll bet 90% of the people on this site struggle with the same issues.I see you're in CA. 

But i think real estate is a safe bet until the next black swan event anyway.

If you are not a realtor, using Zillow or Yelp will be your best bet.

I would think that assuming that it doesn't cost an arm and a leg to bring them up to code, that might be your best bet.        

Also, with State Farm being as well financially backed as they are, you can bet you will be taken care of should a lawsuit occur at one of your properties.

Your best bet is to get with a good title company and have them do all the legwork for you.

I know it is legal in Chicago because I see them all the time. question is : is it technically possible without putting a server in tenants house and connecting it to the internet so that I could view it from home.

@Varinder Kumar I would not just ask someone on the internet (even on a site as amazing as BP) this question.  

I am new to this whole internet and forum thing.