I am most of the way through a project that was built on a 40' wide lot, part in flood plain, with a tree that required critical root zone protection in the middle part of the lot.

This requires quite an investment in learning the town and Im looking for any tips/suggestions/tools for helping me identify between warzone areas, and solid entry level, middle level, and high range zones.

It the lower/middle areas you will find cheaper homes that you can use as rentals.

Someone will do an upscale with granite counters and the other person will go low budget targeting the middle of the rental market.

And things like repairing a clogged toilet and mowing the lawn are clearly OpEx.Of course, that leaves a whole lot of stuff in the middle: repainting an exterior, putting in hardwoods, installing new carpet, replacing a toilet, etc.In fact, you could argue that if you remodel an entire bathroom, it's CapEx, but if you replace the toilet today, the sink next month, the tub the following month, the flooring the following month, and the lighting the following month, each expenditure is OpEx.So, you can see that determining if something is OpEx or CapEx is not an exact science.As usual, the IRS has chimed in and tried to clarify things, but they haven't done a very good job of it.

Having said that, if you have normal (lower income/lower middle income) rentals, this group is filled with people shacking up.

Regardless, it's good to have a laugh in the middle of the day :)

In that animated film, Over the Hedge, we meet the quintessential HOA president, a middle-aged, self-important, nosy busybody who is talking on her cell phone, of course, while driving her SUV and telling a resident her grass is 2" high when the CC&R's clearly specifies 1.75" (or something to that effect).Fortunately, I've never ran into such an individual at either of our two HOA's in nearly 3 decades combined.

(I'm in the middle of a deal right now where the family is fighting and backstabbing each other over a few $, so you never know)I would definitely have a title check though, there can be a mechanics lien or something goofy...

- The middle class of course.