@Jason Sinclair, having a designer for a wife, I would answer that it really depends heavily on each house, the flow and usability of the spaces as they are, and the overall use of space in the house as a whole.That being said, while there may be a small shift towards more separated spaces, "open concept" is by no means dead, and in many markets, most people seem to still want to have connectivity between their communal spaces.In fact, my wife's current flip is a split level (although technically it is a split-foyer), and she is taking out a structural wall to connect the kitchen, dining and living areas.  

I currently live in New Britain, 06051, but prefer the other end of town closer to Central CT State University, 06053.

Or turning your current residence into a rental and buying another primary and living in it until you can rent it to cash flow. 

We have purchased a property for flip that's currently under renovation.

If I invested 100K today, they are currently providing anywhere from 60 to 72% passive tax deductions due to cost segregation, depreciation, etc. 

I'm more interested in purchasing 10 homes to have fully paid off by the time I retire, as I'm not living on the cash flow w/ current job. 

I don't know if the current insurance company (loggerhead) where I have the open claims is willing to renew the policy or not.

Current rent is  $797.

I currently broker LIHTC multi-family for a large firm coast to coast and am also interested in MF in the Arizona submarkets as well, and will eventually invest on that scale - I just figure breaking into the state through SFH flips may be a more risk adverse way to understand the pros and cons to phoenix submarkets.

I just don't see it going down significantly more than the current state... but again who knows.. it's Dubai like you said