This will translate to time saved in compaction of the disturbed soil.

But this side of town is near a super fund site with polluted soil near the river banks, it's in a valley, which also means it's technically in a flood zone. 

Soils report (if available).

For example, Texas soil expands and contracts so it is very common to have foundation issues. 

The temp outside during this conversation was 55.So, Monday we had our first snow, I’m shoving outside and she comes home, I ask her to pick up the dog poop that is in front of me ( it gets way grosser in the snow, so I want to get on it right away Especially because i know that there are at least 20 piles from her dog underneath the fresh snow) so I ask her to pick it up, she says “Of course I always do” (uhhhhh?!)

On the flipside if you had a marina that did not service boats  in any way you could always put condos next to it just be very very careful about ground water quality soil quality previous spills all kinds of fun stuff and by fun stuff I mean everything having to do with the boat is toxic  in the eyes of the Manatee huggers and if you're going to build on it you may have to clean it up first .

But when we have negative cash flow, now we have to analyze the numbers closely:-$20K cash flow sounds bad, but if your principle debt is being paid down at + $20K this year alone, you're really breaking even - I think the hard part is that many investors cannot easily make up that negative cash flow [whatever $# it is] because that's real money that has to come from somewhere [vs, say, money already invested in the stock market, that fluctuates up + down = this is just a loss/gain on paper].The interesting question to me is - what does it cost you to sell vs maintaining the -$20K cash flow [regardless of the true net your making underneath this].

Both cottages had beautiful hardwood floors underneath the nasty looking carpets.

I had to hit it with a chisel from underneath in order to break the tile.

However, with a two story house in Vegas you have to worry about using the appropriate cement board underneath the tile which can increase the costs.