As for the treatment goes, usually they are closer to $1000+ because they will either have to pre treat the slab before it’s poured (new build), trench around the house and go under driveways and sidewalks, or use bait stations.

Those are UT Austin, A&M (and Blinn) in College Station, and Baylor University in Waco.A lot of people have no interest in investing in college towns, since there's quick turn around with tenants and some of them can be...destructive.

I purchased an REO from Bank of America several months back near the Rhode Island metro station (Red Line) I knew it was priced slightly below value based on my research, Comps, and ARV, so I offered list price, I did this knowing most people will low-ball an REO price no matter what the price is because that's what the Guru's, Podcast, and online forums said you're supposed to do with REO's because they said so, This property appraised $25K above what I paid, I spent another $16K having a contractor do some minor rehab on the property (all cosmetic).

For your first venture I would recommend a random orbital sander (not a drum) and use all the levels of grit, don’t skip grits.  

You do this using rental arbitrage - meaning you'd master lease a small rental (preferably near a BART station), then furnish it, and market it as an extended stay hotel.I like these options better than investing in FL.

Come on down and enjoy the freedom and the 69 Degree Weather on November 28 in College Station TX.

Aside from maybe being somewhere near a train station, I cannot think of any positives of being next to an external obsolescence such as railroad tracks.

Most service members get stationed here for 3 years, and they have a steady income.

is it in the groundwater or notMost people think leaky storage tanks from gas stations and such are really expensive to clean up, but in reality this type of substance can be relatively cheap (none of its cheap).

In much the same way, a car owner doesn't show up at the gas station waving a chart of crude oil and yelling 'gas should be cheaper!!!'.