They could decide to drive up the scrap steel price. 

@Alan Rohrer, I know your not a tax person but a CPA but maybe you could answer one question that I can't seem to find an answer for and it is driving me insane.  

I will second that there is a significant lack of properties that are true "deals" right now since the hurricane has increased overall demand in the retail market and is driving fierce competition.

It's between West 14th Street and West Arlington Blvd.I also will be travelling down to the area if I plan to actually make a purchase to see it for myself, but kinda wanted to get a very rough estimate prior to making the 4 hour drive.

Since this report isn't for a lender, you could have an appraiser do a drive-by appraisal of a listing you might consider without actually needing access to the property.

I was driving to the west coast years ago and made the grave mistake of driving right through the middle of Chicago during a Friday evening.

, reading books, analyzing deals, reading through the forums, driving neighborhoods and so on. 

Columbus looks promising and has had decent growth and has a good future growth potential.

Home to the University of Kentucky and lots of growth in the past five years.

I have been driving for dollars in the Jacksonville Metro area.