My wife always says "don't let them know we are the owners" when we give tours to potential tenants AND as soon as they ask (usually with a curios face): Are you guys the owners?

I ran into a couple at a super charger here in Oregon that had rented one and were touring Mt..

Maybe you can set up a mini-vacation where you can take a tour of some target areas with an agent.

So as an observer in the background then going on the bus tours and my wife and I chatting with students through out the 3 or 4 days.To me its just a cross section of America.. 

You don’t want to run out of gas on your trip, but you’re not doing a tour of gas stations.” – Tim O’Reilly"Half the wrecks that strew life's ocean,if some star had been their guide,might in safety now be riding,but they drifted with the tide.

the reason I know a little about some places and a lot about others.. is I have been doing this all my adult life and I lent money in 20 different markets from 2001 to now.. and I don't just sit behind a desk I go there I average almost 100k miles a year and spend 45 to 60 days in Hotels.. my clients are local flippers or turnkey guys.. so I get the full tour the deep dive into a community then we go have the best dinner we can find  :)  which is why I am not skinny !!!  

I knew exactly what issues to look for when I toured the house and made the no contingency offer.

See the city, tour the neighborhoods, check out some properties, meet the team.

If your vacation home happens to be located near a major event — like a PGA golf tournament or a big multi-day concert — you may be able to rent the place out for a short period even at high rates and pay zero federal income tax.Tax-smart year-end strategy: The more rental days between now and year-end, the better — as long as they don’t exceed 14 days for the year.Rented more than 14 days with substantial personal useYour vacation home falls into this category if you rent it for more than 14 days during the year and your personal use exceeds the greater of:(1) 14 days or (2) 10% of the rental days.

We lived there on a previous tour.