your best bet is to just sell a partial.. just a few years of the cash flow you won't take such a dramatic hit.. although myself I would not be keen on a 1 bd home incase I had to own it.. and I would want to know that since you sold it to a homeowner that you did full dodd frank compliance

As you go south from there the neighborhoods go up in value dramatically.

No need to be overly dramatic here. 

From my POV at this point, there's very little evidence that new purchases - given the equally dramatic rise in property values - wI'll be good long term holds for me.

This type of hands-on environment is not for everyone..but it is for folks who want to dramatically shorten the curve and avoid lots of trial by fire!.

Rents cannot be increased dramatically in less populated areas so cash flow wouldn't grow as much. 

If rates go up dramatically then cash will become a better return. 

While the argument is based solely on the potential environmental advantages, utility costs will be dramatically higher at the current electricity vs. natural gas rates in Ontario (at least in London). 

They know that they don't have to spend money on advertising (if they don't want to), they don't have to look for other clients (if they don't want to) and they know at the end of the year about how much money they will make without having to stress over it.All I ask for in return is consistent pricing, a little lower than market rates, and being top of the priority list when I have work and they have other opportunities.This is what I was referring to in regard to providing a savings to the contractor, in that volume isn't a valuable commodity by itself, when you combine it with things that scott listed you are now creating something of value to the contractor to be able to offer you something in return.One thing you might not be considering Davon is the value of cashflow to a contractor versus volume, one thing to explore is that many contractors are always robbing peter to pay paul and aren't big picture people, you will probably be amazed to find how often the payment schedule can change things in your favor dramatically.

I think it's pretty commonly held knowledge, at least by those of us living in the Houston area, that our city has grown exponentially over recent decades.Well, CultureMap posted a pretty cool .gif the other day showing by just how much the city and surrounding areas have expanded since the 1940's, with the most impressive growth spurts coming since the 1970's.You can view the brief article and .gif here: http://houston.culturemap.com/news/city-life/05-16-16-see-how-dramatically-houston-has-grown-since-the-1970s/