Hopefully I'll have good news to post soon.

Trying to spread good news, not enough good news in the world today :) 

Johns county with events like the TPC golf tournament and act like it is part of Jacksonville IT IS NOT....I would stay as far away from Jacksonville as I could...just my two cents.... http://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/local/brawl-at-orange-park-mallinvolved-up-to-60-people-clay-county-sheriffs-office-says/515646161

@Rob Lane: Thanks so much for the hopeful news.  

I am from the Hampton Roads area of Virginia (Newport News, Hampton, Norfolk, etc).

The 5k that your 25k earned, will be penalized and taxed.Disclaimer: I'm not a tax professional, I've just taken out of my ROTH IRA and consulted a tax professional That's the best news I've heard all day!

(From Realtor.com - video)3 - http://realtormag.realtor.org/daily-news/2016/12/0...

Or you could hire/use a property management company/agent to announce the "bad news".

The good news is I can buy it for 40,000 Euro and have no problem filling it with tenants, it would bring in around 600-650 a month in rent after that.The bad new is I am not sure if it is a good deal or if it is 40,000 for a reason.- The house has been unoccupied for the last 12 years, my main fear with this is that the pips may have burst 4 years ago when Ireland had record low -15 temperatures. 

Setup alerts that e-mail you news articles identifying when and where large employers are adding factories/plants/jobs (I receive these daily).