Quote Originally Posted by AntiochusIII
Building trait bonuses. They don't get if they don't stay home. Builders, Stewards, and Traders.
They do get them, but not if they are in a stack that is commanded by another man. In that case the stack-leader gets them. This is nice (if cheesy) for farming virtues for your prince.

There is an "absentee landlord" vice, but I think it just the final vice of the "bad steward" line and has nothing to do with actual presence. CA planned the game to have a penalty for leaving governors away from their provinces, but they dropped it before release.