We got our airfare and we were determined in getting our house rent ready as soon as possible.

Would my plan qualify a buisness expence reguarding air fare, lodging, car rental, and dood on the days buisness is conducted.

  $4k just for airfare and hotel, will probably be $6k by the time we eat and attend events/museums.  

Also, the show covers the cost of air fare to LA, accomidations, and actually pays the awarded amount for the losing party.  

Hey @Raffy PasionAs others have mentioned its going to be a bit hard to make that amount work well on an out of state investment.In addition to finding it and making sure its not in a war zone, make sure to consider that:You'll be a small fish for the property manager, they'll have other clients with more properties that will be at the top of their list.Your PM will know you are out of state and there is greater potential for fraud issues thereAnytime you want to visit your properties your going to spend 2 days traveling and $1000+ in airfare, hotel and rental car (This could alone could eat up half a year of profits and kill your returns)I think in this situation you would be better looking at doing JV deals on Oahu or an outer Island.  

Round trip airfare is about $500. 

The reason I want tax lien investment because I want to buy a drone (I guess you can say this is for business to check out properties) and I want to use personal expenses (electricity, internet, and cell phone, airfare, and etc.) to offset the tax lien profit (I know it's not a lot right now, but I think I will keep doing tax lien investment for the next 34 years).

What are the costs involved between airfare, hotel and meals?

I would spend 6 hours per weekday (75%) of the trip to meet real estate agent and check out houses there.According to this tax planning strategy, I believe I will have rental loss (if I did bought the house and hire a property manager to manage that place) because I think the cost of airfare and hotel (land exploration expense), utilities (USA internet for research), and meals will be greater than the profit from the rental real estate investment that I bought.

Not ideal but perhaps you could do the closing at a TN branch and save some time/airfare?