As for water leak concerns they should be your primary concerns water intrusion from the roof and the flashing should be remedied as quickly as possible to prevent extra damage.Regardless don't get down just take it a step at a time as @Greg Scott said investing is a journey not a trip it'll take time!

Generally, I don't think you can deduct the trip if the purpose is to make improvements to the property.https://learn.roofstock.com/bl...

I run meetups in northeast Ohio; if you're ever up for a short road trip, we'd love to have you!

I hired a GC I knew and could trust and limited my trips to about once a week.

Any newbies have current/past reports that they are still trying to wrap their heads around, what is tripping you up? 

So it checks out.Having paid off 50 paid off car loans may be tripping you up here, both in terms of what's plainly written below, as well as the car loans having more 'weight' than other factors, just because there are so many of them.https://www.myfico.com/credit-..."

For one of our trips, we rented a Uhaul van and another trip tried Turo for the first time.

Travel expense for such a trip would be part of my annual budget for an out-of-state rental.

The last thing you need is a trip and fall incident before the lease starts.

While you will not be traveling to your properties every month, I would imagine you will be making one or two trips per year to meet with your PM and get eyes on your property.