hd=13) Virtual driving from Fountain Square to  wholesale districthttp://youtu.be/PVB1LIYhi2I?

Yes this is the cost of doing business, and you should factor your business such that your taking these additional costs into account.

□If you have employees who drive during work, do you require them to have or provide them auto liability insurance in an appropriate amount?

You are also going to need to carry insurance in every state you are licensed in, which will drive up yoir costs.

I know in the area of PA where i invest, there are a lot of "Alley Ways" that belong to the town, and not the owners of the properties next to them, but they can be used by the property owners as a walk or a drive. a lot of times these areas are just grass, but it may just be listed in your title that you have the right and your neighbors to use it and you can not do anything on it. but also keep in mind that it may come into play if you ever decide to add on to the house, you may have to build to a setback from that easement line.

I assume I can count all my mileage as expenses (driving from my current apartment to the house to do work, trips to home depot, etc.)?

What other factors should I consider?  

Rachel Imhof Wow, so thorough and so great post, I could not agree more with #4, we have government contracts and when you say “we remodel government buildings” the usual reaction will say “oh that’s good money right there”, it is not, we spend efforts and spending a ton of time and money before and after a contract, chasing them and failed bids, then government tells you how much to pay workers, then there’s always that oops factor.

I know there are many factors that come into play. 

It sounds like you have the drive...