While the distance is not far, traffic will cause the commute to increase.

My office os also in the Energy Corridor and the commute from Katy is not bad, relatively speaking because Houston-area traffic is generally horrible

Some laminates will separate or bubble up at the seams over time especially in bathrooms and kitchens or high traffic areas like hallways.

They look at population density close by, incomes, growth, and traffic counts.  

I met our local drug dealer in the middle of street in front of everyone in the neighborhood to fight, he later moved, and so did our drug traffic.

Maybe we priced it at 195k and wouldn't have had much traffic.

I've gotten emails from three different contacts there, one asking me to verify my account, another asking me how great my experience was and if I have any questions and a third giving me helpful hints and tricks.I've responded with all the info they want, they take FOREVER to get back to me (and maybe I'm impatient here, but I'm used to responses from people like this within a couple of hours, not 8-12, especially when THEY email ME) and they're ignoring my responses and asking for the same information multiple times. 

This method eliminates the competition at the tax sale, be pro-active.Tax sale certificate purchasing is a passive method of investing, for me, I'm impatient, I don't want to wait the prescribed period of time to get paid interest on my investment (too old to wait for that).I would rather deal directly with the property owner to attempt to solve the problem they are having; no money for the taxes.There are times when if you are pro-active, visiting tax sale properties, searching for the owners, that you may find a really great deal.

Am I being impatient?

I'd be opening a business with moderate traffic and regular scheduled appointments (think barbershop, salon, etc)In my opinion the lender doesn't need to know about any future business plans or exactly what the renovation funds will be used for other than the fact that i will be renovating the property with that money and it is going to be my primary residence.