Funneled probably 150 potential properties down to 50 doing online analysis, then made a trip to New Orleans (I live in Shanghai, China and my sister/partner lives in Denver) for a 3 days scouring of the city.

That is a tough road to travel as a beginner and as an out of area investor.  

Now I want to bring my dad there as he's traveled all over the world but has never been to Alaska.  

I even doubled my anticipated length of travel as per GPS.

My sister and I have talked about becoming partners so I'm hoping we can take on the San Antonio market and become successful.

My sister in law is a closer at a title company and said she would do a title search for me.  

I was able to travel on the job, see, think and learn.5.  

While I was recently traveling for a month, he called and said one came up for sale and If I offered $x he was sure I could get it.

I’d like to form an LLC from the beginning, so this travel and other related expenses will be deductible.

If the Tax Protest Company can reduce my taxes by $1,000, and I have to pay them 40%, or $400, that is less than it would cost for me to travel there and do it myself.What am I missing here that could cause a problem?