Only a chef can fool your gut. what a bum, lol gas money, more like drive thru money.

Asking my accountant about the rental property impact is a great insight, I should probably get myself an accountant hehe.Since you mentioned you built enough equity to buy apartment buildings, and this is what I want to do in the future as well, were you just rolling your gains into another property, forcing more equity through rehab, selling again and capturing tax free gains, which you used to purchase your first apartment complex?

For my business, I have vehicles that aren't solely used for the business so we capture those miles in a program called trip log. 

I have 10+ years of experience as an investor and a  commercial broker.For single family investments I look at Cash on Cash return and Return on Equity (aka Equity Capture).

The next thing I want to do is build a social media page (instagram/facebook) and I also want to build a landing page that also captures motivated seller leads.

There, one might be able to find a property or renovate an existing property to cater to those travelers specifically and capture a large part of that market.

Don't rely just on photos, which rarely capture a sense of "space" versus a video (even a basic one) that walks someone through a space.If you must rely on photos, hire a professional photographer to capture them for you that has the ability to order the photos in a sequence that replicates an actual physical walkthrough.

I had just paid off a crap load of debt and was above 0 for the first time in five years so I dropped my wad on fundrise to capture 8% while I looked for properties to invest in.

Emails, text messages, family distractions, phone calls, etc... anything that is NOT an immediate emergency and captures your attention during times you need to remain FOCUSED would be considered a distraction.I highly recommend Stephen Covey's "The 7 Habit of highly effective people".

That will then lead to lower appreciation if your area does not have enough development or if there are too many projects and protected class buildings.Safer Streets in Bed-Stuy that are away from low income buildings and projects might be able to capture the future appreciation or at least get higher income tenants.There are a lot of things to think about when you buy.