@Brant Jones,What @James Park has heard is pretty accurate (minus the naval base) we have a military arsenal with a lot of R&D support, including one of the largest research parks in the world.

Which by the way is the largest Industrial Park in the country. 

I hear pretty soon it's going to take Chicago's place as the 3rd largest city.  

I find it weird that she doesn't want to invest but is effectively fine with handing over what may be her largest asset to you to invest with.  

Account Closed I used to work with this guy - http://www.cornerstonemortgage.com/DaveBrown/Has a pretty deep finance background, very intelligent, one of the largest mortgage lenders in the US. 

As soon as I transfer to a new company I plan on emptying out my 401K (largest part of my net worth on paper) and rolling the funds into more RE or even a business.

I've talked to others in many states, and $30-35/sheet is pretty standard for large jobs.In fact, from what I've seen, sheetrock is one of the most consistent pricing for any renovation task...I'm guessing that 90% of the country falls in the $25-40/sheet range for large jobs if you shop around (you can certainly find guys who will charge more, especially small outfits).Sheetrock is one of the few renovation tasks where going with the largest companies tends to get you the best prices (there are tremendous economies of scale and opportunities for efficiency with sheetrock).

The largest expense to most landlords is vacancy so items that reduce turnover reduce costs.

If it continues, what areas do you guys think have the largest appreciation potential?

First, they are inexpensive, but more importantly they have perhaps the largest variety of tools that are compatible with the battery system.