Same neighborhood, HOA, even the same bus stop for our kids.

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

And we take a bus and see several properties with the builder. 

Like you, we're not walking distance to a metro station but rather bus stops. 

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. 

Then decide in your spending versus objectives.LongtermBillboardsVehicle advertisingBus benches or bus advertisingEtcShort term.Yard signsGoogle adsFacebookPostcardsEtc.