Working from home also has the impact of less stress, as commuting is less and as a result of this, you have environmental benefits from lower vehicle emissions.For college students I think it maybe a bit more difficult as their interactions and relations fostered in college has a significant impact on their future.

Ensuring the property is clean environmentally might be the most important due diligence item; if you purchase a dirty site - REGARDLESS OF RESPONSIBILITY - you automatically assume all liability for said contamination.

I know oil heat is much more common up North than in my neck of the woods, but I'm quite allergic to it when the tanks are underground - to me, these are ticking time bombs with almost unlimited downside potential environmental and regulatory impact).

Use the elements of CPTED (Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design). 

Hi Jake,I'm in Canada so the processes might be different but I would think you need to factor in the potential for environmental assessment and clean up.

If oil prices change, if the environmental regulations are modified, if they run low on water... they go bust overnight.Also, there is no hope of salvaging those units.

i've seen and heard of phase ones....what is the phase one environmental report, and why is it important to get on a larger property but unheard of for smaller ones?

Could be a major battle with the neighbors, utility companies, environmental surveys, whatever.Start by calling the planning and zoning commission and discussing the property with them.

@Jon Klaus, there's a huge difference between simple environmentally sensitive portions of a parcel, and hillside lots in the coastal areas, where we have earthquakes!

Things that used to be called "drainage" or "swamp land" now can be deemed homes to fairy shriimp, or listed as environmentally sensitive, and "wetlands".