Realtor and even Trulia's crime rate tool is helpful to gain an idea of how bad an area may be, but ultimatrely you would want to view the environment yourself or have a trusted realtor or property management group to give you insight.

That combined with it being a fairly socialist society and open immigration policies has created quite the environment for housing demand.

Agency debt is typically 75% LTV and can be in the 3-4% range it today's nearly free money environment.

And so on....create the open environment to talk about real estate, investing, income streams, etc. 

I'm looking at a Level 1 charger that will have an easy install since we're still building and wont have to spend extra time fishing wires or anything like that.

And anyone selling on notes in an inflationary environment without a short balloon attached is probably gonna regret it pre-tax, much less after tax.My response:Reporting notes at FMV is one of the strategies I've hidden under my #6: mitigation, not avoidance.

Generally speaking its not worth it in this low interest rate environment to pay the closing costs if you have only owned for a short time. 

You can find deals anywhere you just have to commit to an area and go fishing!

So chances are the labor numbers from two or three years ago may not work in today's environment. 

I know about the dangers of the due on sale clause but it seems to me that a lender who has a mortgage from any time in the past is likely to have a higher interest rate and therefore would be less likely to call the loan due in the current environment with the low interest rates.