But with completely open borders, I could be wrong. 

I am considering buying 1 acre of land in Austerlitz, NY Columbia County, on the MA border near the Berkshires.

Bisbee's main industries are Tourism, Construction, and Border Patrol.

Port Richmond is also a solid area but you gotta stay south of Aramingo Ave, its a pretty hard border because once you go north of it your creeping towards zombie land. 

It should be cheap to split the parcel assuming the house borders a street, still relatively cheap if you have to grant street access. 

I expose myself to other stuff for the sake of a natural curiosity and to gamble a little.  

It is a bit of a gamble, but personally, I always get my own bids from people I will hire and either take a credit on price or have title issue the checks directly to those contractors to get work done as soon as I close.  

You really aren't listening to what I'm actually saying what you're telling him to do borders on insurance fraud. 

I have a property that we originally bought to flip in Southern WI (close to IL border). 

Preferably within driving distance, but I live close to the SC/NC border anyway.