Brian Trickett I think it's a good idea to hire a coach or mentor to help you accelerate your business growth and potential.

I'm not familiar with using the term "professional landlord" in the context of driving tax strategy (just "real estate professional" vs "not a real estate professional", which is determined by hours involved, not scale).

Even if its just a drive by. 

They are built out of dense old growth, if you have storm windows.

But to drive around an hour does not seem to be a big deal since i would only be doing it once or twice a year.

@Tom Smith Investing in Houston is a good idea from the aspect of population and job growth.

I’m from Scarborough, Maine.I currenty drive a tractor trailer over the road.

It is far away from us -- a 2.5 hour plane ride then three hour drive. 

Recent strong/stable population growth and 2.

I do a drive-by and talk to the neighbors about how my properties are going about once a year or two, as I'm an out of state owner, and I did this last weekend.