I moved my business from Chicago to Atlanta 7 months ago due to a better business environment and to invest in SFRs locally.

Very tough environment right now.

In a tight money environment, the chance of a lease option working out for the buyer is not very high; when declining property prices are added to the equation the chances of success for the tenant-buyer are real low.

We need an environment that supports that.

It's essentially a dorm type environment.

Some like them as a "the sky is falling" and "guns and gold" will be the only things of value when we are in some kind of Mad Max environment.

You will have to dig to see where the property is at in the process.When I worked for developers we would keep things tightly under wraps so people didn't have much time to mount opposition to the plan.The zoning attorney also tries to picks times where most of the public won't show up.Even if you can't get the level of stories or use changed you could argue the developers finishes need to be higher grade and style.That alone might push them to another location because of cost.Once the project is altered to a certain point where the developer can't build density or has to make too many improvements to the roads,traffic lights,high end finishes to the build etc. the project becomes dead.Apartments right now are hot.Many plans call for more town homes but it is not profitable for many developers to build that in this environment.

You can browse through the thousands of pages of SEC filings to see their specific long term debt offerings, prefered share series, etc. as well as their view on "Economic Environment" and "Regulatory Overview".

I've used it in countless apartments and rentals after the tenants have moved out.First, you must make sure that all the windows are close so you have a sealed environment.

In the current buying environment, I like to make my offers as attractive as possible.