Short of you taking a flight and coming to see for yourself.

One trip out of state is going to cost you $1K when you add in flights, hotel, rental car, food, etc.

:)There's a cool spot called "Flights" right off the 405 on El Segundo Ave.  

This would allow you to look at properties in person without a plane flight.

I am a full time flight paramedic.

I never pay full fare for Business Class flights overseas... the trick is to book economy, and basically upgrade to BC prior to flight or on line....if BC is not full, you can secure a BC flight for fraction of the cost. 

Both KLM and Delta have started direct flights to Europe.  

A newer master-planned community at Viera has new shops, hospital, school, churches, plus single and multifamily going up like mushrooms.The Port at Canaveral was recently deepened and widened to accommodate larger cruise ships & cargo can offloaded now, Space-X is busy with regular frequent launches, and the military-industrial side is hiring engineers--Northrup has its new Center of Excellence for Manned Flight.

I have friends that could look after rentals in Bergen and its only a short flight away (door-to-door 2,5 hours), so both options are manageable.What would you do?

Charleston is the only municipality in SC that builds both cars and planes, we have non-stop flights to London, and our tech sector is called "Silicone Harbor".