I would take a trip to see your investment if you have the time.. but I do work with plenty of investors with limited time, that buy plenty of successful deals without ever seeing them.Getting a full inspection of the house should give you better insight into the property than even if you were to just walk it, so you should be fine. 

Why not take a trip and see which areas/cities seem attractive to you?

Some gas services in San Diego are joint services(shared with another property) sometimes as small as 1/2” PE and they have an excess flow valve at the street which will trip if you exceed a certain flow.

You need to know what their minimum trip charge is and hourly rate. 

He already had an appointment on Tuesday in Vero Beach, so he decided to combine the trips.

Sure thing Rene, my areas of expertise, if you grant me that, are buy and hold, due diligence, property management and business management.I've never been to Cancun, or Mexico in general sadly, so I'm looking forward to the venue for sure and plan to make a trip to Chichen Itza after the conference.

Conde Nast Traveler recently announced their 'Top 10 Trips everyone in the US should add to their bucket list' and it features some impressive vacation regions and activities:- Hot Air Ballooning, New Mexico- Bluegrass Trail, Virginia- Visiting Point Dume Malibu, California- Horseback Riding, Wyoming- Airboat tour Everglades, Florida- Winter expedition cruise, Alaska- Spiral Jetty, Utah- Camping In Acadia National Park, Maine/Rhode Island/Massachusetts - Trekking the Bayou, Louisiana - Wine country, Willamette Valley & Napa Valley Oregon/California 

Should be a really cool trip regardless! 

I declined the vacation/deal trip. 

If you are buying a single family house, two trips per year will likely eat up all your "free cash flow", so you might as well have it be a place you would go anyways to visit family, or near a vacation spot, etc.