We'd need to make at least two more trips to get it rented - one to put a sign in the yard and one to hold an open house.

As long as you stick with the 3 C's of lending:1. collateral (make sure investors put real skin in the game) and the value of the property (make them provide an appraisal)2. capacity of the borrower to repay3. character of the borrowerI just turned down one of the $500 SUIT NO UNDERWEAR typesThey had about 7 judgements, unpaid property taxes, and two IRS liens.

Now, I found for older stuff, it's still paper filed in folders, so someone on line at the office told me that I might have to make several trips to make the requests because of misfiling.

The best commercial property I ever got started with a trip to the office of records after hearing about it from a friend. 

Phone calls, emails, drives home in the car from work or trips contacting people and staying in touch.

The thing you have to remember is that whoever does it has a minimum of 3-4 separate trips to the property in order to let things set up - its not a quick one day job. 

Darryl Zuberps - People come from as far as Owen Sound and GTA, so if you're from Woodstock, Ingersoll, Listowel, Cambridge, Elmira, Waterloo, Guelph, Milton, Burlington, Brantford, Toronto or surrounding cities, you'll find that it is worth the trip to come learn about the Kitchener market.location to be postedJan 21-2018

I took some long road trips in 2016 (5-month) and 2017 (45-day National Parks).

I only have to to report to work 36 times a year so at first I considered just making 36 round trip flights back and fourth between GA and WA or getting an rv and just keeping it parked somewhere for the times I don't feel like coming back.

thanks to all of you for your replies, I will be reaching out to you when I get back from a business trip to Texas.