“With this buyers market, Im dying to finally buy a home, but my work schedule is crazy and Im constantly out of town on business. What things require me to be here?”
***ANSWER:
You can do absolutely everything long distance, via phone, fax, email, and FED-X.
But I strongly recommend you show up live to actually look at homes (which I bet you were planning to do) and for your home inspection.
On the inspection, theres a difference between reading a report versus seeing with your own eyes what the inspector finds and asking the inspector questions on site and seeing the answers.