Upper NW and over $1M still move quickly-  condos, developers @ SE has dried up.

One is humid and one is dry, the types of activities to do are different in each city, take a look at where you would be the most happy as well if you're going to be living there!

In the really dry months, it can be helpful to water the perimeter of the foundation so the dirt doesn't crack below it.

If I put all of my eggs in one basket (Florida in this case), paid off property and a hurricane blows everything away, FEMA is nowhere to be found and the insurance companies take years to pay what little claims they actually do pay, I suffer through it in a blown out house.

Possibly a good move, IF you don’t blow the investment or IF the investment doesn’t blow up.  

Here is my Cliff Notes on this elaborate example:If you have unused losses from the past, they might significantly soften the tax blow from a profitable sale.I don't see how this is called "strategic play" or "premium lemonade."

I’ve found interest blowing up for rentals in the market and the lower rents we once saw have risen significantly in the last 3 years.

Anything you buy in the Columbus Ohio market is currently blow up in terms of appreciation growth so it's one of those markets you want to hold the real estate for the rest of your life.

Well, not so fast.For every successful flip, there is an account of some nightmare project that sucked the bank account of someone dry.

I've considered going Dave Ramsey and buying a house with cash and upping my budget to $100k in a smaller market, but that would blow almost all my savings, and $100k just doesn't get you much anymore.