But all materials have to be flown in or brought by boat which increases everything's cost by $1-$2/lb. when you think of the weight of even a small bed and breakfast and add $2 /lb you are easily tripling the cost of building.

(Jumped from 1 to 10 since the following is not done in order just a weighting system that was used as filters:US News' Ranking of Univ > 300Univ Population > 10k (with minor exceptions)Cities Population > 40kMost recent Population change of City > 0% (cash flow mainly like I said, but combined with following could lead to incr apprec)City density (peeps / sq mi) > 1,000Rental Vacancy Rate < 6% (must use PM so high turnover is not super ideal) (yes, I know, base was college area... grrr....)Median property value < $210 K (risk mitigation)Median Rent (used with above for rough cash flow ranking)Cash Flow Indicator ( 1 - Rental Vacancy Rate) * Median Rent / Median Propert Value > (Iteratively throw away cities on bottom 50% of list.)Tax / Legal Friendliness of StateThen take the top 7 from above and review the micro investing climate (actual cash flow, Cash on Cash, etc) of turn keys.

I will definitely keep it as a rental after weighting everyone's comments.

I’ve found out from times past that personal recommendations can carry a lot of weight.

But obviously the recommendations carried more weight.

Perhaps weighted polling functionality as a way rank various aspects of the service being received.

6) Is the number I'm offering less than a weighted average of (answer to 5)?

I'm not advocating getting rid of Realtors because most of them are worth their weight in gold.

SP punches above its weight as far as political and media visibility.The "downtown" (14th ave) is improving with several recently opened restaurants occupying recently rehabbed original commercial structures, alongside well established mexican places.   

I'm from the UK (London)My question is just how does one get the license, how long will it take if you work on it like a full time job, do you need RE specific college degrees, do you need to work for a brokerage for a set amount of time etc..I want the license because I would like to get into RE investing full time, not so much on the sales or mediating side of it, but I want to be able to think like an agent and learn all the "tricks of the trade", and allow me access to the most up to date and accurate market data available.I'm sure there are many more benefits to getting a license, learning how to efficiently use the MLS, cutting on closing costs, local/industry knowledge, meeting contacts,wholesalers and so on.If getting a license is something I can achieve then great, if I need specific college degrees which will take me 4+ years then another 2+ years interning then maybe not, just trying to get as much info on this as possible to weight things up.