To add, this form of mutual preliminary research should really be a standard approach, followed by a remote first contact. If everything goes smoothly, then things can me moved to the next level and a personal meeting can be arranged. Much better than blindly bringing people in, sometimes from hundreds/thousands of kilometers/miles away only to find out within ten minutes this was all a huge mistake. You're wasting your time, their time, money, electricity/fuel on nothing and it's highly inefficient.