I don’t have experience with bidding on land but I won a house at auction and did a lien search through a title company and it cost me 150$ but it to me it was worth 150$ then to be surprised with an outstanding lien.

If you're not interested in women, no judgment here, but I suspect when all is said and done the same financial realities are going to be completely true about gay people -- overwhelmingly, long-term couples that fight to stay together and build their financial future together are the only ones that have a chance to make it.

Or, do rents stay steady out there?

But you will mitigate it and of course it will stay deferred as long as you own it.One big question would be, "Where do you want to retire". 

So it seems like it really comes down to weighing those trade-offs based on your business plans and goals.Was there anything else you learned after starting to invest in KCMO that surprised you or that you found interesting (whether in a good or bad way)?

Especially if you plan on staying East.

Me, it would cost several hundreds to fly out from LA, plus vacation time, plus car, plus hotel (I can't stay with my daughter, I'm allergic to that mutt of hers).

The Obama era "cole memo" which allowed state decriminalization to stay off the federal radar screen has been formally rescinded--and the new MA federal attorney has stated he has the right to prosecute all involved.

We stay home for the most a week then gone again.

We're keeping LTV low, taking more term on our debt than we anticipate needing, and have a plan that focuses on bringing the old leases more in line with the current average rates.We also run Downside scenarios to see what the numbers look like if we're wrong about room to increase or (worse) the market changes and results in vacancy going up and rates going down.Those are not pretty of course, but a large part of winning is being able to stay in the game.