LOL - It is just all that nice fresh water running into the ocean must be hurting some saltwater fish or other. ;-)  

Unless things have changed, when we opened computer renaissance stores we were personally on the hook for the lease even as a franchisee. @$7500/mo that was a risk I wouldn’t take again.

I like the area for a few reasons: The people that live there seem to be solid working class folk with a strong sense of communnity, access to the Parkway is easy,  every store you could possibly need is on Rte 35, the schools seem good, and it's probably an amazing place to live in the summer.Does anyone have experience investing here or have any insight they would be willing to share?

There was fresh pee on the hardwood floors and stains from what appeared years of pee.  

I started in Milwaukee after my company has reloacted me here from Austria and I was looking for an alternative to Wallstreet and 401k - so it was not my choice and at the time (fresh of the boat) I would have preferred a more exciting city like NY or LA.

and a bit of stored expense write-offs from far too much school.

I had a hardware store for 10 years.

As a landlord, the more properties you acquire, the more cash you will have to deal with and store. 

Purchased a duplex in Colorado and I'd like to know how long we are required to store/hold onto the tenants property they left behind after they move out? 

We are both in agreement that our biggest asset is the equity we have stored in these houses-- about $400k.