Storm door were made popular particularly in alumimum after WW2.

It is a great example of why one must be careful when reading about real estate in the popular media. 1st paragraph "pool of available homes has dwindled dramatically" This lead them to the conclusion as to why in the 2nd paragraph they said"In May inventory levels grew by nearly 6%"Paragraph 5 talks about inventory "jumping' Which contradicts their rational in the 1st paragraph the prices are increasing due to decrease inventory.

Pension funds looking for an alternative to low-risk bonds, CDs, and US Treasury's want a high quality, asset-backed, "safe" investment.

If you want to be sure, though, you could have your realtor walk the properties to get an idea of their condition and finishings, or alternatively call the selling realtor.   

If your finances / credit are a shambles and your current income isn't helping you sort it out,     then obviously you need to focus on gaining more income.Set your financial issues aside for now - they're not helping you - and learn to work around them.One of the biggest newbie mistakes is thinking that you need your own money and sterling credit to get into REI.While those certainly do help, if you don't have them, you need to find a different solution.Learn to attract and engage private lenders.Folks with large retirement accounts - medical people, attorneys, ... high-income professionals who may or may not be self-employed - need alternatives to the risks, whims and paltry ROI of Wall Street.

Instead I've been looking into buying a homestead out in California where land is affordable and also popular area for short term rental.

Rebelling from the status quo and looking for alternatives from the traditional career path allowed me to discover real estate investing at an early age.

The on-base alternative is a basic hotel room, and they don't even have sufficient capacity.

The development was originally planned to include 15,000,000 square feet (1,400,000 m2) of retail, office, residential space as well as 11 acres (45,000 m2) of public parks.[3] Its size encouraged the Postal Service to award the neighborhood its own ZIP code: 30363.[4]Atlantic Steel MillAtlantic Station was designed with energy efficiency in mind and many of the buildings are LEED certified.[5] Additionally, the project was developed to help mitigate urban sprawl and reduce air pollution by allowing many more people to live and work within walking distance of most everyday things they need, with many alternative transportation options nearby.

Another popular trend among multifamily building amenities is the ability for residents to provide short-term rentals through Airbnb. 78 percent of millennials want the ability to list their units on Airbnb to gain lifestyle flexibility and make some extra money.