I recently have been shopping for insurance for my duplex and your numbers seem a bit low.

Sorry if you've tried to check out an REI book from the downtown central library, they're all currently covering my coffee table.

One by one I will track you all down someday to buy you a cup of coffee!

That's why I really appreciate BP and real estate blogs in general, nowadays :-) You can shop around for a good fit for your strategy, from apartment complexes, inner-city investing, creative financing, and sub30k properties.

Would the new house be as/more/less convenient to work, shopping, medical, and other services?

Your waitress serving you coffee lives someplace, her husband might have a job, they may like to move out of that apartment, you don't know until you ask.Select a farm area, you're in a huge city area, you can't work it all, find an area where the people fit closely with your skills, education levels, social aspects so that you can relate to those that are drawn to that area and price range.

If I'm heading your way sometime we should grab coffee.

I've read some reviews that you don't get to see the product line up or costs of the products until you sign up and pay a hefty membership fee.I spend a lot of time shopping for quality items at a fair price.

Shop title fees!

That means shopping materials on sale and finding contractors/handyman that needs work and is willing to work for a good rate.