Hello, can you deduct travelwhen looking into foreign markets for possible purchase of a short-term rental?

For example, "hey wife, we just bought this property, let this be the travel fund.

In the house that I hope to rent out to mid-term travelers there is a treadmill and I am thinking whether to keep it there. 

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You could start with targeting travel nurses and other traveling professionals while you try to work your way into the film crowd. 

I think when you hire a PM you have 3 choices 1)  A very small local provider (<15 units) and they tend to me 1-2 person operations, they are the one unclogging toilets, answering guests, etc and it is tough to do everything, so things lack. 2) A large/nationwide provider where you are only a number and they usually lack local resources 3) A mid size local provider who have resources and you are not just a number.Through effective revenue management with a revenue manager, and being listed on 15+ sites including Marriott Homes & Villas, JetBlue and Allegiant Airlines, Hyatt and Amex Travel (coming soon) we are bringing in more revenue than most can self managing, offsetting our fee.One of the top questions I tell people to ask their manager is the fees, who keeps them? 

Reading your post make me more confident in staying away from STR at the momeent. 

Plans to were announced last month to invest $2B into the cities airport in anticipation of the population/business travel growth. 

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I'd feel more confident looking at someone's existing Real Estate portfolio, examine their values, cost basis, rent rolls, occupancy rates, history of cash-flows, and taxable dynamic, to properly assess return potential.