And the security of having a paid off primary going into a correction cannot be over emphasized. 

I can not emphasize this enough.

Am I emphasizing this enough? 

I sent a offer at listing and received this email below:We would like to emphasize that the property is currently occupied.

What we are seeing are the fundamentals of the business reassert themselves in a time of crisis, fundamentals which we sadly don't emphasize enough here or elsewhere, reminding up to get away from our spreadsheets and calculations and densely written contracts, and work on our soft skills.

I think that eventhough I graduated from college with a business degree that emphasized in Real Estate it still helped my employment.  

I would emphasize the history but not the ghost thing.

This is why you see so many people emphasizing on building a team around you as an investor.

I am not familiar with the NE area in particular, but I would just emphasize that identifying which municipalities are friendly or supportive of vacation rentals is a key step.

It is over-emphasized in my opinion.