If you're a saver/investor and your spouse is a spender and will not sacrifice to save, being financially free will only be a distant dream.

Adequate parking and proximity to public transportation stops.Current # of years tenants in place in our properties: 26 - 22 - 13 - 13 - 11 - 7 - 7 - 6 - 5 - 2 - 2 - 1/2 - 1/2 - 1/2 - 0 (vacant).Some characteristics of our longer term tenants: retiree, disability, felony in the distant past, limited English skills, bus rider, semi-truck driver with need to park the rig, section 8, low income.

Theres a new ROBOCOP movie coming out soon based in Detroit I think.Crimes still running rampant in the not to distant future.

My comments come out of the 10+ years investing in "distant" markets. 

There will be a big shopping complex in the not too distant future with a Wal-Mart I believe on the other side of 83 (Remington). appreciation?

The solo K is a distant second.

Lots of pros & cons on long distant stuff but a lot of discussions about it here on BP.

I have been learning about building credit from a few sites.myfico.com has an excellent board (click on "connect with the community")creditboards.com allows a greater range of discussion (myfico is owned by a subsidiary of Fair Isaac as I understand)fatwallet.com has additional info and reviews, but is a distant third place in terms of credit forums that I pay attention to.

When you are guessing/hoping for future events you have no control over, as the reason for holding something that is currently, and in the distant future, losing you money, is a BAD investment.

@Joel Owens I hope to be in the situation you're in someday in the not-too-distant future, making larger-scale investments where planning and management and capital are my contributions, and not be hands-on to the degree this project is!