There are also RE investors who are new or relative new to RE investment who do not have a lot of money; people for whom the decision to invest in RE is a MAJOR life decision with major ramifications riding on whether or not they succeed or fail.After you hang out in these forums long enough, you'll be able to figure out which poster belongs to which group. 

That must have been one wild ride!  

And telling them of the other things we notice while going around the large property... that's was old fashion "Service" is supposed to be. 

My thought process is that once the light rail is operational, very close by, I can turn it into an airBNB and have a nice little place just a few minute ride from all of downtown's attractions. 

If I have a rental property, is there a tool (thinking a spreadsheet) that can help me analyze the options in a side-by-side fashion to determine an optimal choice?

It’s a fun ride.

They have monthly meetings in Cromwell, Ct.Dave Lindahl has spoken twice at this event, since I became a member.The last time he spoke, he claimed that he doesn't travel the USA anymore to promote and sell his programs.He hired someone else to do the seminars, and sell his programs.He is from the Springfield, Mass area, so a ride to Cromwell, Ct is only a few hours.A few people boast about how successful they have been, using his various programs, that he sells.

My first flip was a rollercoaster ride!

Most of the students that go there would stick around if there was a supporting high-paying tech job market but there just isn't for most of these fields- interaction design - UX design - industrial design - design management - graphic design - fashion design - etc.

Maybe the water is getting in from behind the front bricks and in front of the inside bricks.If the walls are a sideways brick thick, they may be a double brick wall back to back with tie bricks holding them together (old fashioned way of building) vs modern veneer.Sometimes during construction the first floor is made with even wider walls to accommodate future upper stories.The layers of bricks will not have mortar between them (most likely, but who knows).So if you have water intrusion up higher, it may come down there and leak out behind the stucco and when it freezes bingo stucco pops off.The intrusion could follow an old window casing down and leak in a hidden spot under the sill and flow down, or on an angle.If you are using a good stucco contractor and he is baffled, this might be it....or it might not be it....Maybe affixing metal lath to the area might help--but if it is a water issue,,,that water will have to go somewhere, and if its bundled between the bricks when it freezes...the bricks might pop.Maybe shield the areas really well with plastic duck taped up there, and if the brick is wet or the taped cover holds water when you open it after a storm...you may have figured it out.