That is a long term economic shot in the arm that carries a higher velocity of money in a community long term, taxes, etc.

At best this property would break-even.San Fransisco has an (overall) average rent-to-value ratio of about 0.4% -- far below what an investor can get in other markets with stronger economics and lower purchase prices.I think eventually you'd find a piece of property with a positive cash-flow, but the length of time you'd have to spend to sift through enough properties to find that "diamond in the rough" would make the effort questionable.Additionally, the very high land cost under those properties carries a high level of exposure and risk for any investor since the first thing to drop when the housing market turns and cycles down are land values.I hope to meet you one of these days Ben. :-)Continued success!

That's a tremendously simplistic view of economics, and from an accounting standpoint, won't get you very far...

Personally, I predict a major economic crash that will mirror some of the worst countries in Europe.

Hey Joseph,Welcome to BP, I invest here in Houston and it is a great market with great economic drivers.

The process is very easy and fast.Buying the program is very economical at Sam's Club.Some leasing and loan servicing software programs have the ability to export information to Quickbooks.I am very good at working with spreadsheets, but always use Quickbooks in the situation you described.

There are lots of people in need of assistance In Dayton and that pre dates the current national economic fiasco.by the way How do you do that @Michael thing?

The Rs are all for capitalizing off every aspect of life, government has a role to play IMO, what private enterprise can't supply socially and economically, schooling is one of those issues.

Various aspects of social, economic, political and municpal management are considered in planning.Redevelopment is generally looking at economically deprived, less functional areas, identifying properties that are not utilized at their highest and best use.

I can understand hiring one because they would do a better job than you do, but not from an economic standpoint.