We are also a great place for renters who work at the massive Mercedes Benz plant just west of the city.We invest only in solid B class homes with an average rent of $950 - which leads me to a quick point about your comment about C class and sub-$60k properties.

They have a lot of plants there, but keep in mind with advancement in technology, the positions are not blue collar jobs you are thinking about in the 1990's or earlier.

That's exactly how I got started in REI and I look at it like I'm planting seeds right now and will start to see the great results of my efforts in 5 years or so.

I planted the seed. 

We took a hit with the closure of some auto plants in 2008/2009, but things have turned around since and prices are higher now than they were before the recession.

Source: I'm an Engineer in a Fireplace manufacturing plant. 

Does it have a central heating and cooling plant or individual HVAC units.

Just keep them about 10 ft from the building and don't plant them under anything that might cause a problem later.

Plant more trees.

We have a few apartments that are tricky to paint- high ceilings, textured ceilings, peaks- so it made sense to buy the sprayer.