Right now If I was to buy anything publically traded it might be energy, Specifically oil and natural gas for the long haul.

So this morning I pulled the trigger on a fourplex (quad) in my town.

A banks monthly deposit volume will show the level of business that location is doing and you can also go on the FDIC site and see banking reports with loans and volumes etc.How much equity you can pull out will depend on what the evaluation comes back with and what percentages any of your lenders will go to for cashing out.

Attempt to pull cash out and refi on the paid for property on a 15 year note.All during this process I would try to keep at least $5,000 in cash so you can proceed with another property if you get a good seller finance offer.

For the remaining entries in your list, simply pull them up on your Appraisal District website as you have done.

When I went, they gave me an additional free pass, so I went again this month.I'm not quite ready to pull the trigger on an additional property yet, so I haven't really analyzed many of the deals that have come up.

1) You get the cash flow now instead of having to wait til retirement - at which time you'll have to pay taxes on it when you pull it out.2) You can leverage that money to buy more properties.3) Real estate income is pretty much tax free anyway so what do you really gain by leaving it in a tax free vehicle that is only temporarily tax free - you'll pay when you end up pulling that real estate out of the 401k. example with some VERY loose guestimates on the numbers:100k buys you one house (worth about 130k) free and clear in your 401k.

So now I only make cash offers to stay competitive.I'm not sure of how much cash you have available, but if you could buy the property with cash you could always obtain financing after the fact and pull some of the cash (probably about 70%) back out.

I have lots of friends and family there and let's face it, it is absolutely beautiful once you get out into the nature.

Did great work, never pulled the permits.