Thurston county is predicted to grow by 100k residents in the next 20 years--that's 40%!

if looking for appreciation(terrible strategy) look further north, in florida, there are plenty of smaller communities that are predicted to grow with our aging population.

CapEx is difficult to predict.  

The trigger is different every time but it is going to happen problem is we can not predict what the trigger will be so have no idea when it will happen.Everything is now in place for a collapse to occur it's simply a matter of time.

We just can’t predict it with exactness.

Your issue is that you can't get a heloc.But I gotta tell you - to decrease legal density just to get a finance instrument seems incredibly short sighted. 

Of those, all I know is that the property needs to have the capability of adding value to where I can refinance and get all my money back.It would be close to where I live because I want to be able to see the place regularly.I need to be able to predict the numbers ahead of time.

Small details make a small difference in the effectiveness of a marketing campaign.You don't tune an instrument that you are not playing.

If 2008 happens again or it gets worse, no one can predict what will happen.

My concern here isn't time, money, or lack of deals, it's the fact my schedule isn't predictable in any form.