It's going to be LOOONNNG time before a 3d printer can quickly and efficiently print a $250,000 house. not much demand for a $5,000 house.

When I did my best to explain I couldn't make an offer he went on a rampage... he was screaming, yelling, telling me I have no respect for seniors, I'm just like all the "others", he even rambled something incoherent about Hillary Clinton... at the end of his screaming he demanded I tell him what I would buy it for, I gave him a stupid low price and he hung up.

You would show the commercial broker your funds letter from the 1031 company that you are ready to go and in the ID period.Then the broker would spend time with you figuring out investment options if your goals were realistic.Theoretical is just like play money it's not worth anything.

One always full-time and the others all PRN/As needed giving I work as a therapist and depends on the nature of my demand!

IMO it seems like a lot to just add one unit, unless you can demand higher income to justify the new construction costs.

The benefit of doing that is you have more maturity and experience on you and you can even make a play for the top business schools in the country (Harvard and others).

, look at the pattern and learn from it... figure out what the market is demanding and make adjustments.

In other words, there is no new supply in these lower price segements and demand keeps pushing up prices.The current trajectory will not last forever; the question is what will initiate a turn and how will that look like?

One more thing I just thought of which may play a factor.

They are family though so I don't know if that plays into it.