My business model is targeting Lease Options segment in the real estate market.

It will cost an estimated $262 million, in part due to the expense of rebuilding upward of 15 street and railroad overpasses along the 10.3-mile span.Widening two more segments of I-85 going to the South Carolina line, totaling 17 miles, will cost another $273 million by 2030 or later.The North Carolina Department of Transportation will host two drop-in public meetings in Belmont and Gastonia to discuss the upcoming widening of Interstate 85 from six lanes to eight lanes, over a 10-mile span from N.C. 273 in Belmont to U.S. 321 in Gastonia.

I'm interested in adding to the marketing I'm doing and using the short sale segment as a means to get more deals done.

And, at least in Las Vegas, because of the minimum 30-day stay, you are less likely to have problems with most HOAs.I’ve studied the Las Vegas MTR market, and I believe the best tenant segment to target is traveling nurses.

Small towns may rely too much on a single business or market segment.

What happens if values drop and it's necessary to move to cash or a different market segment? 

The reason i'm geo targeting all of California is because I want to focus strictly on homeowners in NOS stage, which is a small segment of the population.

The value improves so much more because while the house is appreciating, I am simultaneously gaining equity in the asset as it gets paid down.To highlight the importance of this even further, we can segment the value of the house into two camps: appreciation and debt paydown (equity improvement).

Luxury segment will depend on whether and when the stock market rebounds.  

The segment between US1 and 95 is quite nice and you should be able to get a pool or 4BR (or both) - that might be your winning location.Tchaka