Make sure you build a solid core-4 team so you can be confident throughout the whole process. 

Having said that I have been investing and rehabbing properties for over 25 years so I feel pretty confident on what needs to be done and I know how it should be done.

In general, travel for business(education, networking) is deductible if you are already in a trade or business(I.E. have a rental, flip).There are unique rules to deduct foreign travel costs.attendees may have a more difficult time writing off the cost of the trip if they add significant vacation days(no business) before or after the trip.However, you can plan properly to make the trip 100% deductible.

I am confident in the debt raising aspect.

My grandmother Virginia was born and raised in San Jose to Sicilian parents, my great grandfather Phillip DeBello and Mary LaTorre who immigrated here at or around the turn of the century, and my grandfather Costantino was born to Italian parents Sebastiano Mericone and Anatolia Panetta in Argentina.My great grandfather was a gaucho (cowboy) who travelled quite a bit, but my grandfather was raised in the hills of Rome with his four siblings until 1925 when the family immigrated to the States through Ellis Island.

To start modest and build confidence, start with tiny, reasonable investments, like house hacking.

Following David Green's Core 4 strategy (realtor, contractor, property manager, and lender) gives confidence to invest anywhere.

My theory is that, because Sacramento is a state capital and a business hub, travelers come here based on necessity.

It has to be "people traveling to see family/friends" guest avatar. 

I am confident I can get the deposit from them but at this point do I even want to?