I have so much knowledge on start to finish process for obtaining non performing real estate and making them quality spaces for people to live in as I habe done in 4 properties over the last 10 yrs.

The investor in me has to be wiser about the decision and not worry about sentiment, look to reinvest in something else that will perform better for my family's future. 

Tomorrow will be the most beautiful day in @Glenn McCrorey s life.

If you're sure the land will appreciate on it's own, I don't see any harm in going for it, unless of course your money can perform better elsewhere, which it probably can.

What we have is a good spreadsheet with a list of tasks, and as they perform the tasks, I've been paying him via Zelle. 

Do I give up access to transportation, restaurants, cultural activities, doctors, emergency medical care, religious and business activities, vet care and maybe more, to live in the country on my ranch or on the beach in a beautiful country, or do I keep access to all those things and live in the city? 

And you still get the same benefits in terms of tax benefits (depreciation is a beautiful thing), rental profits, principal paydown and appreciation. 

If I ever brought any of them a deal by.a rookie investor in a market they do not know, with work performed by a GC that has 0 relationship with the investor, they would laugh at me.PML is not just Potsy from Happy Days. 

This is where smoke/CO detectors, grounding, electric garage door reversers, and other goodies came from.If the municipality performing the U&O calls out an item, Seller is stuck with resolving it either by fixing it or negotiating it with the buyer.

I believe it is a larger issue than what we define as the economy, which is mostly measured in corporate profits and Wall Street performance, this is not what the average person perceives.