The numbers don't work, they still need to eat, travel, pay taxes, and do other things with that money.

Graduated college 2 years ago, and spent the past years traveling and weighing career options.

If you're traveling a lot for work it makes sense to try to live near a major airport, or at least within reasonable driving distance.

(Lots of travel time.) 

Yet households are spending less on gas, travel and other services they would purchase in normal times.

If you dont occupy it at the time of the application they ask if you travel for work or if you are in military, if you will live there more than 2 weeks per year, and if you own another primary residence (and then it rejects it if you answer yes). 

Much of the travel industry is down significantly still. 

Hi,I am interested in my first investment property but I am trying to understand all tax pros/cons beforehand.Let’s say I get paid through a w2 and also 1099 (self employed) and I have to pay about 10k annually on taxes from my 1099.If I own my investment property , and even though it is cash flow positive, can I deduct all expenses associated with managing this property (travel, furniture, utilities etc.)?

What keeps us going is seeing how this things grows to a point that in the not to distant future, we will be able to support our lives using only our investment income and then we will be able to spend more time with family, traveling, etc. 

This property was 2500 from my house so I traveled often and took that broker to dinner, for coffee.