I plan to invest around 10k for my maiden voyage.  

The money made on these deals is good, but you need a bunch to make enough to justify a flight to another state.

Louisville is hard to get to from Raleigh, NC... no non-stop flights.

This could mean uber rides, hotel stays, airline flights etc, as long as the spending is classified as 'travel' by the merchant swiping the card, then it is eligible to be reimbursed. 

I finished it within a week and re-read it again on my business flight to Boston, I was hooked!

If you're open to long distance investing  BP Podcast 103: Building a Long Distance Real Estate Empire One House at a Time with Elizabeth Colegrove might be good for the flight/drive up north.

And here is an example of prohibited use: if you personally decide to go and visit the property paying for the flight and lodging with your LLC's debit card would be violation.

Louis due to some family friend connections and cheap flights to check on properties and wondered if I should be looking there. 

I have a recommendation for a really top flight carpenter if you're still looking for someone. 

Worth so I made the switch to work there too on the Joint Strike Fighter first doing custom electrical component design and then flight controls software testing.