This includes the tickets, airfare and hotel room(which I upgraded to one of their super sweet suites) and I'll be there 4 days.

Are travel expenses (airfare, hotel) incurred after acceptance of the offer but prior to the down payment/closing tax deductible? 

The great thing about that is my girlfriend who will be involved in the journey has TONS of air miles because of her business travel, so I'll never pay for air fare to the locations I'll be visiting.

. - My wife is an accountant- I have great access to Chicago, Cleveland, Minneapolis, and Atlanta with free airfare, meals, and lodging.

It is NOT just an 8% property management fee either, it is familiarity with the market, being able to locate deals, being able to manage renovations, not getting ripped off on repair costs,being able to verify that everything is running as it should be & being able to quickly diagnose/fix when it isn't, not suffering from high turn over from poor tenant screening & management, not spending a fortune on airfare to fix issues, and generally not being 100% reliant on others who may or may not have your best interests at heart to make the investment work.On the other hand, if you study things this way and compare multiple markets, you will see that places that have inexpensive property and high initial cash flow do NOT have high appreciation.

@Jason Kha The airfare from Rosemead to Barstow is a lot less that it is to Columbus.

Well that will save me some air fare!

This may be different with a physical presence test, as you can't dispute meticulously organized airfare records that prove you were out of the country at least 330 days.

Airfare, hotel, parking and car fully paid for with the bonuses.  

I've been tempted by Florida, since it is a lot close (cheaper airfare) and we have a few connections in Port Richy.Just out of curiosity, what do you think of the Bahamas?