I used Evolve to rent my own primary house while I was away on an extended work trip in 2018.  

We book at least 4-5 golf trips per house in our strs every year at least  

I am based out of Chicago but frequently pass through South Bend on trips over to MI.

It's a 5 hour one way trip but I hope it will be a long term relationship. so makes sense to make the trip and yes, verify that the property actually exists.  

Obviously you need to document your reasons for each trip. 

Excited to announce that I'll be in the Charlotte area of North Carolina this April for a week-long scouting trip.

Some people get tripped up thinking "I bought all this raw material and left it on site, and that should count toward my value". 

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We purchased it the traditional way by going through an agent, we viewed some houses on our second trip out there and ended up picking one and going for it.

Should be done with work trips for awhile.