I'm in Raleigh, NC, and homes under $250k are flying off the shelves in the good areas.  

is in an area that is safe, with nothing he can choke on, outlets covered so they don't put keys in them (my son did that once) nothing breakable that can fall down on them, nothing close to shelves where they can climb up on them, no pieces of anything they can wrap around their necks, nothing they can climb up on counters with, etc., you can make sure they have toys, turn on a movie and make your calls. ;) 

This will not impact my local market, where the higher end houses are flying off the shelves, so to speak. 

The MLS is just not heavy laden with rental opportunities, and we need to find a way to bridge them to a landlord.  

Above the counters there could be cabinets, open shelving, or open wall.

If I have an issue I'm trying to work out, I'll grab the associated books from my many piles and shelves full, read a little of each searching for an answer and that seems to work just as well, if not better than trying to read a whole book all the way through.

That would only be one example, in one state (unless others joined in on this potentially trap-laden experiment), but it would be interesting to hear.

Open shelving is another thing that I think will fade really quickly.

We inhale water vapor that is laden with nicotine, the nicotine is absorbed by our lungs, and we exhale the water vapor, which dissipates back into the air from which it started.It is completely harmless to your apartment, will cause absolutely no damage, smell, nothing.

Seller took the property off the market, then I shelved the investing idea when I realized I didn't know what I was doing.