As a pure real estate deal, those definitely are going to punch above their weight.. hence why I'm interested to try one.

That is fine with me because I can pull my own weight and then some.

Real Estate OpportunityAfter rating some home base options on the above criteria from 1-10 (and weighting columns proportionately to my preferences) and running a quick excel calculation, my top choices for home bases are Miami, Austin, Denver, Tampa, Mexico City and Asheville NC.

The labor to install the cheap one a second time should also have some weight in your decision ...

It may be hard to see right now but a good CPA is worth her/his weight in gold down the road.

Or add more weight to the comps valuation method?

@Joel Owens With apologies to @Ray Browne for introducing a slight tangent to his thread, I would be interesting in hearing about the weighting given to energy efficiency in your experience as a commercial broker.Though efficiency is high priority for us, we find we are a minority and new builds are all being driven by the cheapest up-front capital costs with little thought given to the ongoing operational costs - both for residential and commercial.

He said the biggest problem he had was the steadicam operators putting on too much weight, since they were used to much heavier rigs.

Hmmm, quoting the Communist Leader of Russia during the Cold War doesn't carry much weight.

A GC worth his weight looks to do the same.