To give an example, many pickups with full-sized cargo beds will qualify (although some "extended cab" pickups may have beds that are too small to qualify).Vehicles that can seat nine-plus passengers behind the driver's seat (i.e.: Hotel / Airport shuttle vans, etc.).Vehicles with: (1) a fully-enclosed driver's compartment / cargo area, (2) no seating at all behind the driver's seat, and (3) no body section protruding more than 30 inches ahead of the leading edge of the windshield.

Meaning, if all other same sized properties in the area are valued at say, 100k for land only, then if safeco replacement on the structure is 280, I can (kind of) ballpark total value at 380k?

What size house would it have to be to worth that amount?

I had a 2" drain that was leaking under a concrete slab and they came out, and I was lucky, the actual relining tech from the company they licensed the technology from was teaching a class for them so the whole crew came over to look at my situation as a "field study".What I learned from that exchange was that it was more for large size drains, 3" or up. 1.5" or even 2" is pushing it.

Thus:Question 1: Whose business are you cutting into that they should want to cut you down to size?

I have a decent sized equity portfolio and one of my big goals for 2014 is to learn more and purchase at least one rental property to try and further diversify my income sources.

Third: the thing you do have to be cautious of, with any large breed dog, is that if they're raised wrong and do end up aggressive, the resulting bite can be a lot worse, simply because of their size and power.Because of #3, I don't know that I'd rent to a pit bull owner even if my insurance allowed it.

Based on that I'd never assumed I'd come close to any limits with the size I'm dealing with.

James- the true answer lies in the nature of debt and the size of the investment.

My day job is with a National CRE lender, and hunting elephants is fun ($2MM minimum loan size) but my real passion is chasing local real estate deals.