They are about to enter the summer season, and although they aren't a strictly seasonal company like, say, smoothie king, I believe they do have some lower sales during summer months (I mean, who wants a hot coffee in the hot summer weather?).

The weather is great, except in August.

Going to sell my house and move to the USA, most likely Florida b/c of weather and business opportunities.

My father lives in a 30+ year old building in the Ozarks of MO where the weather is not nearly as harsh as Buffalo...and he has to do his roof every 10 years.Also, you mention there a lot of foreclosures there.

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:DThat sure makes sense, being in Central CA, I can say it sure gets hot in the middle of the day in the summer and the weather is perfect say around Spring and Fall time but yeah, I can see where trying to do a rehab in the dark wouldn't work.I am in the process of trying to find a property to purchase to rehab and then sell but have yet to find the right one.

And yes - this deception ROYALLY pissed us off because the business of contracting is so time dependent and in the north (especially minnesotta) the weather does not allow us to always work year round.

I'm another Bay Area guy... drop a line sometime, I'd be happy to be part of your network and keep my eyes open for some opportunities that might benefit you... take care and enjoy the great weather!

The NOI, based on the forecast provided by the on-site management (extrapolated from previous years), is $220K, though this is after $60K in management overhead has been subtracted.

Mostly because properties are more affordable for me, and these areas appear to have weathered the real estate slump fairly well.My goals are to purchase rentals for the long term.