I didn't find any good ones, but because of the trip, I've decided to buy something near the DC area.

Blast right through downtown Topeka on I-70 each way and would love an excuse to make a pitstop, grab a cup of coffee and talk shop every now and then when I'm making the trip.

With some turnkey investors might keep your hassle way down except for the initial trip to get a closer look on an investment.  

I would have no problem living by the beach in San Diego, hitting Big Bear in the Summer and Winter while road tripping to Vegas or up PCH to the Bay Area.

Since I always have my phone with me it makes it a bit easier to keep track of my KM's that I do for business.. it automatically tracks from my phone and asks if it was a business trip or personal.3.

which is not avalible in many areas because the title plants or records are not computerized and at the closing attornies finger trips like they are at a west coast title and escrow company.they hand deliver documents to me.. they send couriers to me for docs I never pay for.. and in the development services part of it .. its off the charts they run all our plats do all sorts of back end research on properties all for no cost to us.. just one one development I would say if I had to hire this work out it would easily be 20 to 30k that they save me.. but why do they do it.. to get 50 to 70 orders a year from us.. and this then leads to referrals for them and it mushrooms.

Yup, in my just returned from trip to Indy and other midwest points, I even heard of a college to tech professional program that sounded very interesting with some REI implications.  

I’ve taken a couple trips up there recently and driven around, still getting a feel for the rent rates and neighborhoods.

This is a home that (based on IRS mileage rates) costs me $90-$95 round trip to get to - it was a no-brainer....I hired/paid the handyman and sent the body cam back to Amazon.Appreciate all the comments...it is something I'm going to keep thinking about.  

My final count was 77 five gallon buckets full of concrete (7 complete trips with 11 leftover mud buckets).