The house was in way worse shape (including lots of moisture damage from an indoor marijuana grow), however our rehab was at a much lower finish level.  I

An individual that buys and resells in a short period of time is not investing but dealing, if the activity level is high and most profits come from the activity of buying and selling, that is an active roll that becomes a business venture, you're a dealer not an investor. 

I've decided that there are 6 High Value activities I can work ON that will help my real estate business move on to a higher level. I

I don't know any more what it takes to find happiness.What is weird is that on one level I know that $14M in equity is awesome.

That means not enough high paying jobs to support that price level. I

I don't do roofs unless I absolutely have to, and then only if it's just the first level- I am terrified of slipping off a high roof!

Do you know how many people were stuck in the city because public transportation couldn't get people out fast enough or because of traffic jams on highways and city exit routes or because the local and national governments didn't do a very good job of broadcasting the warnings (I recall lots of Federal research money indicating that the levees were plenty strong to withstand Cat 5 hurricanes...what was the problem)?

Thom H. my comfort level is the F&C old timer kind of guy too.

Commercial lending is outside my realm.... on a surface level I think you'd be getting into secured/unsecured lines of credit but I couldn't speak as to how that'd effect your lending. 

I'd also be interested to hear some people's insights on resources that provide info on estimated asking or in-place rent growth trends from a metro level, sub-market level and property level. I