I eat healthy and exercise fanatically every day.2.

According to the contractor, the soil on the lot would allow for a much more reasonably priced system and tells me I should try and purchase the land. 

If you have healthy equity then a LLC will protect your assets. 

We still have a healthy (non-REI) income that could be used to support underperforming assets in the event of an REI apocalypse. 

@Tony Xu If focused on cash flow in econonically healthy markets, I think your narrowing it down to B props in Kansas City is a good choice, and there are some good turnkey options in that market.  

Have a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year.

I break this down into four areas: MARKET: The market (metro area) should be healthy, and preferably growing.

If a property does not have a healthy cash flow it means that even a slight dip in rental prices or unexpected vacancy can lead to you having to come out of pocket to support the property.  

The assessor's office advised us to use the land value as stated on the property tax bill for the land value on the form before and after the fire, since there was no contamination of soil or anything else that would affect the land value.

I would thank the brokers for not lending to you at this point, pay down your debt, and invest when your debt to income ratio is healthy again.