We are actually having one our premier events in October called Junkers to Jewels, a 3 day in person classrom and bus tour to learn about flipping, rehabbing, estimating etc on actual deals with local investors. 

It all depends on how long the work trip is.

expect to put some real time, effort, and trips in... hours and hours and days and days. 

Assume 10% waste for flooring material and tax, and I pay about $1.15/sf for carpet installed, on average.The supplier I use delivers to anywhere in the Atlanta metro area for a $75 trip charge.

Drive through Washburn on my trips when I go there.

FYI, over the years, we've also learned to save a lot of money wasted on excessive management labor costs (we call them "stupid trips") by planning the occasional weekend to drive down, inspect our units and address any labor-cost intensive items that we can do over a 3-day weekend. 

That is just the tip of the iceberg so to speak but usually tripping points for newer investors. 

You should spend some time and take a few trips to NC to see all that this state has to offer. 

I could see spending the additional money and enjoying a tax deductible business trip every other year.

Thanks for the trip.