Having survived the last 5 years I personally have become anti debt so I prefer to create the cash flow now with minimal debt.

It's quite rare and it seems most of them have to have a day job or side business to survive.

Is the city thriving, surviving, or shrinking?

If you are a surviving spouse of a farmer, you may also be treated as materially participating in the farm, if the real property used for farming meets the estate tax rules for special valuation of farm property passed from a qualifying decedent and the surviving spouse actively manages the farm.

. - Three things sir.1) This and any other business where you have to survive on your own (create your own paycheck, create your own benefits package and create your own retirement plan) is not for the weary.

If my odds are better that I'll survive a gunfight if I actually have a gun!!...

Things happen during their lifetime, a mortgage, a 2nd, a tax lien, they have kds, bails problem child out of jail (bailbond), someone gets sick, delinquent mortgage then default, someone dies, the surviving spouse dies, kid(s) want their inheritnce(house), bills left behind need to be paid, etc.This is how people live and how real estate is part of their lives.

This can be true; but, I've seen the value both rise and diminish, depending on the scale of the proposed project.If you decide to sell, keep in mind that the inquiring agent will undoubtedly expect you to pay the commissions, thus affecting your overall cash to find a larger abode.As an added note: My daughters survived a small house; and, the wife and I are quite comfortable now and don't need to "downsize."

He put posts underneath, bolted the thing down to survive storms and has a foundation.

@Deion Alaei - Not wanting to burst your bubble, but just to let you know that most new Realtors don't survive in the biz.