Whether that's a chicken and egg situations I have no idea, but given past experiences with $600/mo electric bills the first year of operating one property I'm steering clear of anything in the short term that's increasing electrical rates, particularly since I'm not offering free gasoline presently either. :-)

You give mere opinion (and your opinion is factually wrong), and you steer him the wrong way just because you claim it to be fact (while it very much isn't).

But organic networking will never steer you wrong is what I know

Last, look for a realtor that's listing land for development - it's possible they have enough experience/knowledge in the process to steer you in the right direction.Good luck.

Because we don't say an area is most friendly to for instance "Blacks" or "Hispanics" or "Single Mothers" or etc...I say this because if you have a most friendly, that means other places are not friendly--which seems to be illegal under Federal Law.I would assume advertising an apartment as being in an area "Most Friendly to Blacks" would be steering without a doubt (which might be effective--but illegal).What makes it "Most Friendly" and (steering???) 

For us, it didn't steer us wrong and has been the best thing that's ever happened to us, to this day.

I have just been pre-approved for financing, and I have a few prospective properties I'm looking at with my agent, but I haven't talked to a real estate attorney yet, and I'm curious if I need to discuss my plan with a lawyer to 1) become educated on the local and general land lording laws, 2) form a rental/lease-agreement for my future tenants, 3) Advise me on a corporate entity to form to hold this property under, and 4) help me steer clear of anything illegal I may have a tendency to do before I actually do it.

I can't read enough good things about both cities but for steadier cash flow w/lower entry points I'd steer folks to SA.  

People think that as long as they do not "discriminate" or "steer" that they are in the clear, because the law says those things are illegal.  

I would steer clear of dry cleaners because that would dramatically reduce your pool of buyers, that is if they clean on-site.