Good property management software handles rent collection, maintenance tickets, and lease signing without you needing to be physically present.

I keep lenders in two buckets fund fast 7 days or less no physical appraisal, and more along trad 30 days typical appraisal.  

But in a Chapter 7, that liability is gone, the borrower is shielded from those future claims.Lastly, regarding short sales, if the homeowner still holds legal title to the property (even if they've emotionally or physically abandoned it), a short sale may still be possible.

It's for you in investing.In physical assets, likely not the route to take.

Unless you're spec building and understand the elements of it, new builds aren't some physical unicorn. 

The competition feels intense, and I’m not sure how to get ahead when I’m not physically there. 

So we started to think, what can we do instead and that's where the physical training and the annual inspections come in.

I'm not physically in the area, but we have multiple investment properties in Kennewick, Richland, and West Richland.

Then you have the scheduling challenge of finding a handyman or contractor that is available when the tenant is.Some tenants are nice about this, others will go to extreme lengths NOT to allow access:(They can not cooperate by:- Leaving a minor home alone- Leaving a dog home alone- Threatening to get physical- Threatening to stop paying rent and/or cause damageThis may shock many of you who are used to dealing with only Class A tenants, but it is not uncommon when dealing with Class B tenants and is very common when dealing with Class C tenants.

Your bigger issue is that the property taxes will be increased unless you move on.Good Investing...Yeah, it's unfortunate but we physically can't move for a few years for personal reasons, so this is our best bet if we want to keep the house.