Choose cities in safe and economically diversified areas with above-average income and population growth. 

Anyway, if you really want to get in it can happen, just going to take time and energy.

We gutted house installed a 98% energy efficient forced air furnace multi stage.

You can compute the actual economic vacancy once you see the seller's actual numbers.  

I am currently in my last year of college at Hood College where I am majoring in Business Finance, and minoring in Economics.

I do agree with @Erin Donlan on the limited economic impacts, but this is just devastating to so many that were affected, especially the students nearing completion of their coursework.

As a solar energy consultant for SolarCity I have been working with portfolio investors, helping them add value to their residential rental properties with clean solar energy, without tying up any cash flow.

I still have baseboard heating so even though the ski season would get good utilization, the economics don't work with the inefficient heating setup.French Broad (local power co) is running a program to sell ductless split unit heat pumps at cost and will finance them.  

It's a great strategy by having a larg amount of cash at once (when you sign off) and time off between ships to put your energy into investments.

Choose cities in safe and economically diversified areas with above-average income and population growth.