North of Sacramento you should be able to find duplexes for around $100k in the small towns surrounding Chico: Oroville, Orland, Corning.

Also, ask about fiber reinforcement for the shotcrete.

Along with their overall lack of product knowledge and application, their profit margins on products such as vinyl siding, fiber cement siding, windows and roofing materials are ungodly high!

Many people think asbestos will jump right out and get you, but it's not like that and generally is safe as long as you're not breathing airborne fibers.

Our property is very close to high-speed internet fiber and there is a shortage of office, including home office, type spaces here in the SF Bay Area.

Google Fiber is one well-known provider; AT&T is claiming they will offer it in some cities where they paid off the city councils to keep Google out. 

I don't know if it's asbestos or fiber cement tiles though, but based on "style" I am assuming asbestos.  

I am married with a beautiful 6 month old daughter and I work in corn genetics research for DuPont Pioneer.

I found one roofing company that has all 5 star reviews and will use top end Owens Corning shingles with 5 years labor, for 8K, everything included.

The neighbor on that side just got a Rotweiler dog and it ended up getting through the fence and corning my tenant's wife.