Being appraisers, we are familiar with estimating "cost to cure" of deficiencies, and we know useful life of short lived items so we can build seller credits into our offers that will help mitigate monthly costs to us for reserves.We are going to take it slow and steady, as I said, with an eye on returns that may not be spectacular but still rival the stock market in a sector of the economy we know well.Thanks for the encouragement @Dave Meyer!!

Their high school athletics are even arch-rivals (Turkey Day game!).

What other states provide a Cap on real estate taxes that would rival CA?

It is even used in team sports when they go against the rival teams like the Broncos and Raiders or the Red Sox and Yankees.

But, while Joplin was a school rival for sports (and we won most of the games, BTW) I like Joplin and things are really changing after the tornado.

First thing I'd say is breathe-- it was probably a drug deal gone wrong, or a rival gang, I dunno, but I doubt he's out getting people right/left just because.     

Practice tests are definitely the most valuable resource in my opinion as they closely rival questions/question formats that you will see on the PSI exam.

I am originally from Chicago, so Cleveland is a rival with my Bulls and Sox. 

I took a bus tour a few times out there with the Montalongo show and Virtucci show and never saw anything that would be that nice.. but maybe we were not looking at the high end of Riverside or san Berdo... those would rival SF rents... and I have an investment in a project in Oceanside by San Deigo and we are not that high.. but I don't know much about socal.rents in Oregon are still under value but they have almost doubled in 7 years in many areas... local landlords that have owned for years are reaping the benefits.. 

Being shot up when the rivals try and move on some more turf.