Get your online presence together.  

If the distance is OK you'll need to make sure you budget for some strong marketing presence on campus to get the students out there.

I think it's important for business owners to try and manage their online presence, but at some point I want my property managers to actually manage and not just bribe tenants and owners to give positive reviews. 

I will tell you that I underwrite bank credit for a living and a lot individuals investing in KC real estate seam to like the Jackson County area due to a strong blue collar family presence and growth.

Since our inception in 2004, we've continued to grow our national market presence through our customer-friendly approach, optimized Best Practices, and highly-efficient business model with driveway-friendly, Dumpster delivery and hauling service for any of Junk, Trash, yard-waste and construction or demolition Debris to Residential Homeowners/Renters, Commercial business and contractors, including tradespeople such as Roofers, Disaster Restoration Specialists, Window Replacement Cos., Home Builders, Handymen, and Real Estate Investors, for instance.Our new Greater Pittsburgh area franchise will initially service Allegheny County, and within the next few months, will also service portions of the counties of Beaver, Butler, Armstrong, and Westmoreland. 

They recently bought Cascades so they have a large presence in Bend. 

You don't have bless the doorstep with your physical presence to claim the place as your permanent residence.

With lending standards just now beginning to loosen from a historic tightening, I find it bizarre (and frankly, offensive) the idea that Private Mortgage Insurance will now be something that will be permanently affixe...

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The new zoning changes provided more options and please feel free to suggest your thoughts along with pros/cons that you think of:Option 1) Building one duplex on each site =  3 duplexes.Option 2) Sub-divide into smaller lots and build duplexes = .7 acres is ~30000 sqft / 5000 sqft = 6 sites with a duplex on each (Corner lot with roads on both sides)Option 2a) Sub-divide into smaller lots and sell couple and use the funds to develop the rest.Option 3) Explore possibilities of combining three lots and have two quads or a multifamily (rezoning is needed and likely to be approved)Option 4) Explore possibilities of rezoning as a Light Industrial or Office Use and construct office spaces or Day Care etc (Corner lot with commercial presence across the street.