I like the economic growth Ocala is seeing and I also think it will attract more people looking for hurricane safe / sea level rise safe havens.

There are few art aficionados in real estate and most buyers will be looking for something affordable that makes economic sense more than aesthetics. 

I bought the building in June and will be looking to do a cash out refinance as soon as I can  to extract the ~45k I put into it and dump it into another project.I got a MassSave (energy savings program in Mass) audit done, and they quoted around ~10k for insulation.

Basically is the needed DCR still reached at the current economic occupancy?

Occasionally other parts may need replacing (we are on our second inverter and it is having problems).Solar panels would cost me more than I could get in increased rents, raise my work load, require some maintenance, etc.The conservationist in me wishes I could justify putting solar onto each of our units but the economics do not warrant it.Good luck

Unfortunately, the Sutton Power station ash ponds are significantly (5x to 6x) larger than the Dan River ash ponds according to NC DEQ Inventory of Duke Energy Coal Ash Ponds and Wilmington is significantly more populated than Eden NC, the site of the Dan River breach. 

it burnt down.. now with the new requirements they cant rebuild makes no economic sense.. business is gone... all that good will and reputation.

We also have all high efficiency mechanicals, so the energy usage isn't much.The reason I asked about a garden is because invariably, green-minded tenants love to garden.

Hello BP,I’m a recent graduate in economics and I’ve been studying RE investing for years.

Therefore there is no actual economic anchor in the in the Houston markets mentioned above.