You can find a PM and contractors and meet them while there I realize others might successfully buy without a visit but I always feel like the trip is worth it for the insights and clarity I gain from the visit.

I made one trip to West Palm and fielded calls.

There is also cracks in the garage floor that pop up, The only thing I see it as a tripping hazard because I've seen it in most houses around here, Should this concern me much?

I am thinking 5-7% (~900), would this be reasonable for 2 trips/week for 2 months?

We too declined trip insurance...won't do that again! 

Been looking a little in Nashua so may be worth a trip to a meeting to check it out.

If I travel from far away, have sick child, or any inconvenient hand dealt in that trip, you would be my hero, and I’m very likely to be a repeat client.

On that same trip, I asked them for a bicycle and they ended up giving me a new car... in Japan of all places!

Every trip my search parameters narrowed and I started to figure out which areas and types of houses I liked and wanted to invest in.

I'd suggest you either take some trip, network, meet some local people and build your team or leverage someone in the market who is doing it.