It turns into a flex area that offers entrainment during the day (e.g. add in an arcade center, pool / ping pong/ foosball table, TV, etc.) and beds for sleeping at night.

Personnel are fine, but there seem to be very few players and they tend to be leisurely in their response times and magically all price in a narrow range.  

Me and the wife are ‘halfway’ looking for a house, but being able to drive around and see houses without bothering an agent with houses we aren’t going to buy is SWEET. it’s nice being able to see what $X will buy in Y neighborhood in person at our own leisure.

, and a bit pessimistic (but not completely apocalyptic) in some ways, but I trust my own critical thinking skills more than talking heads on TV or most "experts" out there...

That flipper couple on TV with the messy divorce, (name escapes me atm) have been doing that color scheme for at least 5 years.  

Can respond to vacant home in a matter of hours instead of weeks.. ( risk of squatter or home getting stripped)  its hard to understand how those areas are when you have no point of reference when you live or were raised in an area that is completely different and you may have only seen this stuff on TV

Rich Dad Poor Dad and every single celebrity with a flipping show on tv is selling these scams.

Stop listening to the talking heads on tv!