Write off the trips. 

Looking for advice on how to approach this, I have no problem making the trip for a week or so.

He suggests putting them on one side of the duplex making it a one-stop trip for the meter reader.

On my trip I have learned that although they are welcoming tourist back because the demand for income is high they are not fully functioning. 

Those 90 minute 1-way trips get really old really quick.

Wanted to give everyone that gave me advice a quick update on how my trip ended up going - short story is that is didn't. 

I would also like to make the most out of my trip and while I am in town, I would like to meet with reputable Real Estate Agents who cater to out of state investors and are real estate investors themselves.

If you don't pay a tenant and have a tenant responsible, you'll have a dozen cans on the sidewalk on collection days, and there isn't enough room on the sidewalk for all of them without pedestrians tripping over them and suing.

If you used the refinance proceeds to buy a new car and pay for a trip to Disney World, then the mortgage interest is a non-deductible personal expense.

I will be taking a trip to the Spokane Washington area this June and would like to find a good real estate agent in the area to look at a possible retirement home and investment opportunities.