We are taking a Labor Day trip and staying a couple nights in Grandy, which is on the other side of the sound from the main OBX locations (Duck, Corolla, Kitty Hawk, Nags Head, etc.).

always consult your CPA but mine is writing my trip off

So, again, called in a favor from a friend to grab a couple cabinet doors from the store 2 hours away, while he was up on business trip anyways, so we could get them on site before installer was "done" and onto another job.Ultimately, as Alan notes, you just have to accept this, and figure it out on the fly.  

He was smiling all day and couldn't wait to get to kwik trip for the 1 dollar chicken sandwichs for lunch..He is only worth about 7mil.

If you're spending your time counting trivialities like this you are "tripping over dollars to pick up pennies".

buying property is a huge deal - it has to be worth a couple trips. 

It only cost me a ski trip in Jan 2024.  

The financing can surely trip you up if the lender fails to show with the funds at closing or drops off and ghosts you. 

Most likely the state where the property is located is where lawsuits would be brought if they are something for personal injury like a trip and fall or something of that nature because the “cause of action” arose in that state.

If you have owned the property for 5 years and have never seen it, I would suggest you make a trip asap.