The houses I looked at are all way overvalued currently and I feel a correction in the market is due, but then again prices will never be this low again and it is just being able to weather any correction.

Not leave windows or doors in an open position during any inclement weather;R.

My AC broke a couple weeks ago during 100 degree plus weather while my wife was 9 months pregnant.

Which I read as, resist gentrification and keep prices low to keep current populace & voter base. 

That's why people with access to adequate cash reserves can weather storms, people who don't fold.

Apps can be games like Candy Crush, social media communities like Facebook or more sophisticated and power-hungry solutions like weather apps or mapping services.

I am not sure if adding gravel to the window wells will help as I have no experience with those.I did a lot of research on the french drain system which is basically burying a perforated drain pipe about 24 inches deep and pitching it toward the low spot of the lot.Water tends to move through the ground horizontally and through the path of least resistance.

I guess it's easier to face that sort of resistance with a family owned and managed company.

My only major failures are from water, and the newest version has a 24 hr leak resistance.

Some criteria I researched are: Job Diversity, Population Growth, Weather, Higher Education in the area, Unemployment between 2006-2010 (trying to gauge possible unemployment in the near future), Median Family Income, areas of low crime in the city, researching new areas of growth (specifically class B/C).