I am purchasing a rental property in another city. I made a trip to go with a real estate agent to look for a property and I will be making another trip to go to the closing. Are the hotel, meal and mileage costs for either or both of these trips deductible in any way? I currently file a Schedule E for another property I own - this will be my second rental property. I don't think I can put the costs on Schedule E because they were incurred before the property was put into service. Is there another way?
