Find a vertically integrated team that believes in their hometown.  

Lets stick to the effects on investors and real estate vs. getting into a political battle.BTW - The shutdown has been averted - for now...

I agree, perhaps all of this is being averted because offers were due yesterday.

Work with a vertically-integrated real estate investment company that focuses on one market. 

Here is a vertical duplex in Nevada kinda cool design.. bottom floor split with common wall between  and then one unit gets the second floor and the other gets the top floorhttp://www.nahbclassic.org/showpage_details.aspx?

But, for a decade @Joshua Dorkin did what needed to be done, and much of it wasn't sexy...When that $35,000 Model III comes out, it'll be a vertical parabolic movement in market share for Tesla.

Have setup a "Keyword Alert" for:pre-foreclosure, quit claim, TexasLooking forward to a vertical learning curve with BP

A good partnership agreement will avert  any of those problems or at least give you a predetermined way of dealing with them should they arise. 

Disaster averted.  

Granted not every tenant is like the other but, I have to exercise prudence and use wisdom to avert and mitigate any possible snafus.So, when renting to anyone I am very frank, not crass or rude, I am firm and what I perceive to be fair and when i'm not my property manger helps me.