When evaluating potential properties, consider three exit strategies: if you can sell quickly for a profit, hold it as a rental, or take a loss.

Some of the most expensive and difficult properties in the country (and world) to develop were vaporized into potentially un-developable lots.

Better advice is know the risks, mitigate the risks the best you can. 

Washer/dryers are often abused, so there's the initial cost of purchase and the risk of increased repairs.

If you're still interested, take a trip to the site once ground has been broken.The flashy marketing material for a new development is great, but don't put your money at risk for something that's likely to vaporize.

Sufficient infrastructure: Companies select locations with major airports, highways, and a large population of potential workers.

Ideally, I’d be buying and selling and potentially managing properties as a job, and be working the gardens and hobby farming, potentially attending farmers markets on weekends (we both love to create things).

It's important to stay informed about developments in the areas you're considering, as well as any potential changes in regulations or economic conditions.

Here you would have to put it in the MLS if your are with NAR, but it wouldn't syndicate out to all of the public sights, and you can send it to any potential buyer that you may know.

That's 50k a year gone and you are losing tax write-offs and equity potential.