As long as we have enough food to eat and a dry place to sleep we are okay.

But that said, keep in mind that investing in real estate is only partly investing in a location and an asset per se, and is largely about running your own business... the results you will experience will stem more from how you run your business than anything else in most cases... so get scrappy and become your own expert, and DEFINITELY be careful about whose advice you trust, especially if the advice-giver stands to make a buck off of you!

@Joe Splitrock, @Crystal Smith, @bill @Bill Pohl, @Jonathan Klemm, @Paul De Luca, @Filipe Pereira When I do have a vacancy I list the criteria which is all pretty cut and dry at this point. 

And, since we're just starting out and wanting to learn the business, we thought it best to stay as close to home as we could for the time being.Anyway, consider me a dry sponge.

The slab should be higher than anything around it, this will keep the house dry. 

(RE is not a hobby that can turn into a money maker)The chances are if anything in the Lehigh Valley (that makes it to the market) can still turn a positive cash flow today, it will be gone (sold) before the listing ink is dry.

The weather since the hurricane has been sunny and less humid which is ideal for drying out the area and preventing mold from getting a foothold as no one's AC is running, unless you have a generator.

If you're searching strictly on-market, then you're likely to come up dry as it's been largely barren these past 6 months.

Machine wash, custom wash fold, dry clean, soap sales, concessions, etc4.  

Once it is dry it seals the joints up.