I'm in the Olympia, WA area but I've been toying with investing in Spokane for a number of reasons.

Ended up spending $5 for two toys for the dogs (who proceeded to kill them in less than an hour).

So i get a text from my newer upper tenant, she explaines her daughter Flushed a "toy" down the toliet, and its plugged.....after replacing the toliet, and bringing the plugged one home, i got out the hose, and a fishtape and recovered a 4 yr olds hello kitty!

To solve this, get as much liability protection as you can on your auto's / home / toys / followed up by at least a 1 million dollar umbrella if not more.

Car storage is in fact in very high demand as the economy improves people are buying more toys with no space to store themI built 107 storage condominium garages in So Cal.

Does he have a favorite toy you can distract him with?

I have never made an application and don't think I need to. Yes

Although I love these things, I don't like the noose around the neck feeling of the debt and many years of hard work to pay for the toy that loses its value quicker then you can pay them off.  

I by no means had it rough but it was not easy. having my mom explain why she could not buy me a toy because she needed to buy food for us was not a great memory.

But if the same real-estate principles are adopted, one could achieve close to the fabled 3-digit return?