And you don't have Schedule C to deduct the business expense.This might have changed if your RE portfolio was run like a business and/or you have a partnership; the partnership would then deduct the travel expense as an ordinary business expense.As I said, it gets complicated quickly.

Don't make it more complicated than it has to be.

CA is an expensive market and regarding tenant laws in my eyes more complicated/difficult as a rookie landlord.

Failure to adhere to the strict requirements of notice may jeopardize your case and cause unnecessary delay in the processing of the eviction.

@Ryan DaultonThe SDIRA is certainly more complicated.

That experience taught me the importance of leaning on local expertise, even if it feels like an unnecessary expense at first.One strategy I’ve seen work occasionally is offering the tenant a “cash for keys” deal, where you pay them a small amount to vacate voluntarily.

They are not complicated ordeals.

Quit comparing it to other forms of investing because you are wasting your time and, at this point, creating a lot of unnecessary negative attention to your idea. 

And I totally get what you’re saying about finance people—they can make things feel so complicated!

Chris Mason Your idea, though clever, is too complicated.