It isn't 0% forever.

., and the government (the taxpayers) can't insure every parcel of dirt in America is buildable forever.

Whenever there's a new tech center growing, the home sector explodes.Bay Area would be there almost as forever as technology revolution is still far from ending, in fact it's just beginning.

Well, this also depends what you plan on doing with the property, are you flipping, are you holding for a bit, are you holding forever... these would all affect what you would do and how much you would spend HOWEVER, being and investor I also like to take the approach of increased ROI value based as close to a two (2) year payback as possible (not always  possible) ....

We don't really rely on the sellers for pics, because 1) they will procrastinate and take forever, if they send them at all, 2) they won't send enough pics or they won't photograph important things like damage, and 3) many sellers are older and don't know how to do all that.

This contractor tends to come and go, meaning the job is taking forever to get done, but for the price and the quality of his work, that's fine with me for this particular situation.

If not a proforma, I’m forever grateful for any knowledge or helpful tools any brave soldiers who paved the way can share my company goes into ground up development! 

FYI - our strategy is very simple: Buy single family properties in Worcester, MA that need rehab, find quality tenants for them, and hold them forever.

Currently we are eyeing a property that we would spend 5-7 years living in and fixing up and then looking to resell or hold and rent while we purchase our forever home. 

I just pass it all onto my tenants and they still seem to want to stay with me forever.