To the West is the Pacific Ocean. 

While these items do not come up every month or every year they will over time and if you fail to allow for them, you will not have the returns you expected.Asking us a blue print step by step of how to get started is not the best way to go about learning.

@Greg Orlowski @Joe HammelRing Cities = cities that border Detroit (except the Grosse Pointes)They are ALL "gentrifying" to blue-collar and low white-collar tenants.

I like.beach trips.They need to be a house that is ocean front.

It will appear, click on it and it will populate the comment box in blue and then they are notified.

Prime location at the convergence of the Appalachian Trail, Blue Ridge Parkway, Shenandoah National Park, Skyline Drive, Rt. 64, and Rt. 250, right across the street from the Blue Ridge Tunnel trail What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?

Would recommend you check out the house hacker meetup tomorrow 5/12 at Oskar Blues.

In 1999 we purchased a property 100’ from the ocean in San Diego at $375k (so $15k more than your stated number for 1985).  

Under contract on what appears to be a solid deal…ocean view 2/2 home over a 1/1 apt that is already occupied by a great tenant.  

I might even go as far as wearing something blue all the time.