The yields in my accounts are too poor to mention and I'm done with the stock market.  

Forget taxes, depreciation costs and appreciated values - - every investment has all of these, so they are NOT discriminators for the purchase decision.If you want an indicator for which deals to examine in detail, take the GSI / Price better known as the Cap Rate and higher is more interesting.The kicker is, a better CapRate isn't always a better cash/cash return, because the expenses can be deadly. 

They will be able to tell you if the deal is dead because there is no way the property can ever legally be used as a multi-unit or if there is a grandfather clause or some other way through possible zoning hearings to have the property rezoned.

The other areas were these are located and they are still there are in dead and dying rust belt cities or cities with more houses than people.. and or high poverty rate or demographic of heavily dependent on government assistance.. many times in the urban core areas of the bigger US cities.One of the folks I like in Indy made a comment on another post..

The stock market is going sideways, commodities have been pretty flat, and some have taken a beating.

If your into stocks, look at the option play for home builders or mortgage companies. 

In the dead of winter, the source water temperature is low enough that the solar thermal frequently does not lift the water temperature enough for consumption (usually 10-20 degrees low) under heavy load.

It would be like your employer being upset that you invest in the stock market, the end game is to become financial independent and not HAVE to work, the result is the same its just a different investment. 

This driven by high stock market valuation and the rebound of the real estate market across the US.

The initiative was started by a well known commercial investor here, Ken Weinstein of Philly Office Retail, with the idea of helping residential investors do what they do, to improve the housing stock along side the commercial corridor work.The plan is to remove the barriers of entry for beginning and novice level investors, namely knowledge and capital.