I like that you have big goals and an athletic background.  

I have rental property as well that suffered (1 flooded and the other had Rain/Wind damage) as a result of this and I'm beginning the recovery process so I understand your situation.

We are 8+ years in a recovery. 

So the city would run a new line down our street just to service us.Oh and if anyone tapped into it in the future, we would not be eligible for any cost recovery. 

It is not meant to be a universal recovery statement as it could be abused as evidenced above.

Good plan, good recovery .

But these markets are more of in an equilibrium so no big opportunity as it was US in 2012 and 2013.London is completely inflated in residential commercial is much cheaper.Other European countries could be a great opportunity particularly Greece and Portugal but they have not hit bottom yet, rental returns are low despite a 40-50% decline in prices and I don't see prospects for a fast recovery yet.  

I don't have a ton of contracting experience, but am a window installer by trade and was working in Minot, ND during its flood recovery in 2012.

Also, being a former division 1 athlete and having played professional basketball in Germany for 2 years, I am a huge sports fan (partial to basketball and football)!  

The primary things keeping it alive are the dam, the medical community (one of the top athletic doctors in the nation works there) and a Google research facility.