House hacking is a good economic idea.

You will get some sense of the economics (price paid for lots and sold prices of competed projects). 

In today’s market and where we are in the economic cycle I think it’s even more important to follow the one percent rule especially when borrowing money.

“Austin has 150,000 employees in the technology industry and that number is only going to increase as major employers expand their presence in Austin,” Angelos Angelou,  of Angelou Economics, said.

Currently the private party still owns the property, so if there isn't a successful bidder it will revert to the bank.What's the most economical way to do due diligence?  

Now we're just a social and economic experiment for the rent of the country to learn from. 

also, how about finding data from your local economic development council on the history and the projections of the area; 

The two judgements were during a very rough economic time in general.

Unfortunately anything above a 15 year fixed seems a bit risky, especially with the threat of a possible economic crisis upon us.

Nate...you will find that buying small farms is typically no economical.