No sense in driving for dollars if you're not ready to pull the trigger on a good deal that comes of it.

Since you're not going to pull the trigger until a year that's when you should be looking at the data for whatever A/B area you choose. 

While there were many factors that attracted me to the deal (location across the street from Pittsburg State University, rents drastically below market, an attached vacant lot with huge value-add potential, and reasonable sale price), what made me pull the trigger was the opportunity to turn a fellow investor's problem into an asset.

If you keep it as a rental then after a couple of years you would be on the hook for any long term capital gains taxes the sale triggers.

One of the reasons that the city is probably being illusive with regards to the timeline is because it really does, truly depend on where the property is, what overlay districts you are in, which departments are triggered by the scope of work you are trying to do, and what your scope of work actually is.

It's typically triggered by a pretty significant loss, but doesn't always have to be. 

@John Dawson couple of random ideas:1) put the posts in deeper2) install motion-sensing floodlights3) Install VERY loud siren also triggered by motion-sensors.

I haven't pull the trigger on any property yet, but would definitely work with them when I do. 

I was searching for a rental investment for months this year, and nothing cash flowed well enough to pull the trigger.

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