Tips or important issues w/ out of state owners

[David Tower]

Hi folks,

I've searched around BP but couldn't find a really good post about dealing with out-of-state absentee owners.

I was hoping some pros could chime in with common hiccups, conerns, tips, tricks, or suggestions on this topic.

For example, do you usually get keys mailed to you? Do you generally have access or paperwork problems? Title or closing issues? Do you find it easy or hard to negotiate the whole deal by phone?

What have you learned after doing a few out of state deals that you wish you knew before you started?

Thanks in advance!