Also, in order for us to give you an opinion, we are missing a key piece of info...what was your initial investment. 

Also consider that newspapers are more inclined to run letters about topics - news, editorials and opinion pieces - that have recently been covered by the paper.

there is a nice front door entrance that goes straight into the second living room and a bedroom with 2 piece bathroom (no shower) which I'm thinking could work on Air BNB, it that's okay to have a unit without a shower on there.the rent upstairs for the 2 bedrooms goes for $1100 a month and I may be able to get $500 a month for the air bnb.

Those precious moments in the morning before my son wakes up are gold and I admit, sometimes I'm not as excited to see him as he is to see me when I've had a flow going.The best piece of advice I've gotten is to:Focus on 1 aspect of real estate investing.

@Jordan Moorhead That's a good piece of advice thanks for that. 

This is common in Massachusetts because as a whole we are certainly one of the less affordable states to live in.The Important piece to look at is that this article was written based on “Home Appreciation”.

My question is “ How do real estate developers come up with an offer they make to people on a piece of real estate?”

I found a property for a fix and flip that turned into an opportunity to buy 4 pieces of property (including two abandoned homes) attached to about 100 acres of land.

For those reasons alone it's worth the money and piece of mind. 

Those process gave me a piece of mind.