You can deduct the hotel, airfare, Uber or vehicle mileage as travel expenses. 

I believe I can invest and then take out whatever I have to pay the IRS next year so at least it makes me some money before I part ways with it.My long term goals are just to wealth build with my cash.I dont plan on needing anything for another house, college, etc any time soon.I may buy a car and travel but again I can take that out of the brokage account when I needed so at least it makes some money till then. 

Currently, we have a traveling nurse staying at our property until the end of November.

I can that STR'S are definitely riskier than a LTR.Everyone needs a place to live, everyone doesn't need to go on vacation or travel.

My sister lived only about 150 miles away, so she went over and looked at it after I bought it. 

Happy to connect on this as I'm still actively brokering deals (commercial) in Washington all the time and I'm frequently traveling up there to view properties and meet with other brokers.

I have a house that I am renting to my sisters family.

Almost have to be the child of people with no brothers or sisters who are also children with no brothers or sisters, or the family has to have super bad luck. 

The guest said she was house hacking but only stayed there in the property 6 months out of the year and short term least it out the winter months to travel and stay where it is warmer weather.

I’ve been doing a ton of research on it as I’ve been looking at Italy myself so I have been focused on the less densely populated but still very popular travel spots like Tuscany outside of Florence and Sicily though I’m nervous about Sicily and their major drought issues.