The guys show up with all the new carpet, haul all of it up 4 flights of small stairs to the attic apartment.

@Todd Wheatley The only way I would deal with a house is if I bought it at a very good price and it was a top flight area that I otherwise could not afford.

I invest out of state (about a 2.5 hour flight away), and I've found that spending a few bucks to fly out to the market and meet people in person is a really great way to determine who will be on your team. 

https://www.wave3.com/2019/12/31/million-improvement-plan-unveiled-louisville-airport-construction-underway/Maybe it'll get us some more international flights 

Hundreds of new military officers (including myself) are sent down there every month for flight school.

and a bunch of people explain to me that the human musculoskeletal system so dense as to prevent self powered independent flight, they have not explicitly answered my question, but by detailing how I have based my question on a flawed premise, they implicitly answered it.

A pack of unopened cigarettes along with a handwritten note stating that they were given to the previous homeowner from a flight on Air Force One on 11/23/63.

I like to have a direct flight from my home to investment.

Build a team, take a weekend flight to look at some properties and move forward on something that you like.. 

What gets you to the point of actually getting on a flight to see it in person?