What about travel/hotel/rental car to view properties?

It's 2 properties, single family homes, in the SF Bay Area.Sharing some details that might help inform the decision, let me know if anything else would be relevant.One property fully paid off, generates between $20-30k in profit after expenses (property taxes, hoa, insurance, etc).The other property is our current primary residency and would operate at a loss of about $10k/year.I plan to travel back to the US at least once a year, could that be a deductible expense with an LLC? 

Simpsonville, Greer, Easley, Travelers Rest.

I am an ABQ native but have traveled the world and lived on the east coast for 11 years.

Even if you have to travel a couple of hours, you have a much better chance of finding someone.How to approach a mentorOnce you've found a likely candidate, it's time to reach out and ask.

Although a bank or insurance company would fit nicely into Berkshire’s existing platform, Canada does have restrictions on foreign ownership of those assets – so my bet would be either an energy or utility-oriented opportunity (plenty of them in Alberta) or perhaps a significant stake in Alimentation Couche-Tard, which owns the Circle K brand and has a significant global presence, potentially meshing nicely with Berkshire’s recent purchase of Pilot Flying J.This year, I had the pleasure of travelling to Omaha with some friends from New York University’s Real Estate Development program and got to catch up with old friends from all over the world.Alas, my favorite Buffett-ism from the meeting was "Understand that the market is there to serve you, not instruct you".

I'm newer to this so I don't have as much confidence to squeeze the numbers as tight as some other more experienced investors might be able to... 

Thank you, Jorge, for the vote of confidence.

Cash-flow only happens in select neighborhoods and it's just hard to bounce around (confidently) to find deals. 

I plan to travel down there next weekend (about 3.5 hours away), so I am gathering all the necessary info.If I did cashout refi on my current property, i can pull out $155k towards this but will be left with an additional 45k or so if doing 80 LTV, which is why I am leaning toward seller carry a second mortgage.Lenders out there, now you have my deal, can you do it?