Falls Church, part of Arlington, part of Alexandria, Fairfax, Springfield, Rockville, Bethesda, North Potomac.

The employees that have families I think are likely to end up in good school districts in Arlington, parts of Alexandria, Springfield, Rockville, Bethesda, Potomac (primarily west of 355 in Maryland except where the Walter Johnson district stretches east of 355), Fairfax, Falls Church, a bit into Reston/Herndon.

You could look through a church or school that you are a part of?

Neighboring property that is a pig sty, or industrial/commercial/church area, or a 'bad' area. 

I currently live in Falls Church, Virginia (Fairfax County) and am thinking about converting my basement into an apartment and renting it out.

I currently live in Falls Church, Virginia (Fairfax County) and am thinking about converting my basement into an apartment and renting it out.

The point to all of this (to me) is to A)Build up enough independent income such that you're largely immune from needing "a job", B)Have enough money such that you can provide some security for your family,C)Have enough money so that you can provide funds to things important to you (charity, church, etc),D)Have enough money so that you can enjoy things in life that genuinely make you happy.If you are all the way down to D, then I personally don't see what is wrong with it.

Sent the owner a letter and a church reach back out to me and said they had three other occupIed unIts along wIth the vacang doubke I spotted for sale.

You can have nice subdivision next to a dicey one, a bar next to a church, a school next to a pipeyard or a factory, etc. 

That house belonged to a church next door to it.