Quote from @Matthew Brown: Hey Noah, I am just looking into buying for STR in the NJ Market, I was wondering what do you use to evaluate the rent and occupancy on these properties?  

The most coveted elementary schools in Tacoma at the moment are Washington-Hoyt in Proctor District, Lowell in North Slope and Browns Point Elementary in the NE.There is a huge gap in school ratings between the north end and south of 6th Ave which drive up RE prices significantly. 

I learned a painful lesson on roof color recently - go with the gray/black option and depending on your brink color maybe consider the brown/gray roof shades, sometimes called woodland?

Brown for $50. 

It's made up of people like Shark Tank's Kevin Harrington, Les Brown, Roger Salam, and others.

My gas receipts still get brown bagged and my cpa loves me for it, lol.

In January, the local paper had a deal where a brown bag had 20% off everything you can fit inn the bag..

The black and/or brown spots are often called "Pepper Mold", but in reality are a fungus.  

@Joel Brown -Looking into the future keep in mind that 1030 exchanges have requirements on rental use vs. homeowner use.

@Alan Brown The real fun part is the "value" of depreciation changes based on your tax bracket.