We have a small rental in Palo Alto that needs the kitchen and bathroom redone before the next lease starts, and I'm stuck in Abu Dhabi for at least another six months so flying out for every walkthrough is not realistic. I started looking at kitchen bath palo alto last week and spent a couple hours trying to learn more about how they run projects when the owner is not local, but the site can only tell you so much. What I really want to know is how other overseas landlords handle the awkward stuff, like approving a change order at 2am, or verifying that the vanity actually arrived without chips. Do you just trust the progress photos and hope for the best, or is it worth paying a third party inspector to drop by at key milestones? I'm also nervous about payment schedules since I can't exactly show up and withhold a check if something looks off. If anyone has done a kitchen or bath project from the UAE with a contractor back in the Bay Area, I'd love to hear what worked and what you'd never do again.