We are working with a Century 21 Realtor who was referred by my realtor here in Stafford area.

Not a correction in housing prices, so much as an equilibrium to the excessive quality of life Americans and the capitalist society has enjoyed during the past century or so.I have been fortunate enough to travel this world far and wide, to almost every continent (except Antarctica) and one thing is for sure: We enjoy a privileged life as Americans.

Some villages are consistent, easy to work w/ & operate like it's the 21st century.  

The city offices require rental/landlord registration along with yearly fees and much of the communication with the city office must be done in person or by mail(200 Holiday St. could use a big jump into the 21st century) but if you are patient and personable, the city employees can be very helpful.

However, I'm a dinosaur; LOL, set in my ways as 24 year olds start companies and become billionaires, so I'm most likely just out of touch with the 21st century!

Fundamentals are centuries old. 

Attorneys specializing in securities work generally charge $10,000 - 15,000 for the basic setup.For most of the 20th century the vehicle of choice for real estate offerings was the limited partnership model.

You might be able to buy a lovely turn-of-the-century brick house on a tree-lined street for a pittance, but it just doesn't break even as a rental if you can only get $1k/mos renters. 

I saw this article while browsing the web today.https://www.citylab.com/equity/2018/11/redlining-cleveland-investors-home-prices/574153/The blog, posted on the real-estate investment platform BiggerPockets, shows how Wise grades real estate for investors, grouping Cleveland’s neighborhoods into four color-coded categories: “A Neighborhoods,”shaded dark green; “B Neighborhoods”shaded light green; “C Neighborhoods,” shaded yellow; and “D/F Neighborhoods” shaded red.Wise’s maps ring eerily similar to redlining maps, the color-grading system used by the Home Owners Loan Corporation (HOLC), the National Association of Real Estate Boards, and the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) in the early-to-mid 20th century to demarcate which neighborhoods were worthy of property investment.

(As someone once told me, government is on the cutting edge of the 19th Century.)Good luck!