There is a lot of weight on marketing, and a lot of inputs to that cycle.

If it is block construction the engineers will make you beef up the slab and add piles to support the new weight of the second floor.

Here are a few Walmart deals that I found that could be useful$15 - Chefman Rapid Boil 1.2L Electric Tea Kettle - https://www.walmart.com/ip/Chefman-Rapid-Boil-Glass-Kettle-1...We have this kettle and it has been solid for 2 years now.

However, I have no idea how to choose from the remaining cities, it seems there are a lot of potential options:- Midwest - Michigan (ie: Grand Rapids) seems to have options, also seeing Columbus Ohio and Indianapolis coming up- Reno - I've seen mentioned several times on here- Pittsburgh / Philadelphia / Twin Cities - All mentioned as lower cost to get started, and seem to be experiencing growthI'd ideally like to find a place that has strong potential for future growth, a diversified economy, and I don't mind living in (being close to nature would be a plus). 

After weighting all of that, does it make the most sense to try to keep this tenant in place? 

I find with ANY project on a property, PLANS are worth their weight in gold bc they will show the exact inches, ft, etc that the project entails.

It was appreciating pretty rapidly for a while and a lot of flippers moved in.

The world is changing rapidly in front of us for all of us to see but we're all too much bogged down in the minutiae of our lives that we fail or just don't want to see it.To conclude, I'm not quite suggesting that you liquidate all your US assets in a hurry to go and invest everything overseas.

yep your weight in gold.  

BUT for certain rural areas it's worth it's weight in gold because of the reliability factor vs an unreliable or expensive existing utility structure.