I had several discussions with the Brooklyn district attorney's office and the people that were forming this case against Lange.

The 379 metropolitan areas surveyed were evaluated in nine categories: housing affordability (cost of living), transportation, jobs, education, climate, crime, health care, recreation and ambiance (museums, performing arts, restaurants and historical districts).

And if we're really heading to financial Armageddon, I don't think owning the shiny gold stuff will matter, either.You'll want to own the physical essentials: a lot of land and the means to grow/raise food on it; access to energy; and guns/ammo.

I was also involved in door to door sales before investing, and it was always essential for each of my sales people to understand the concept of the "numbers" game.

Pay attention to the county lines and school districts.

FSBO's are almost always overly optimistic on their sale price, but depending on location $175k could be reasonable (like near U of R, certain parts of the Freeman and Godwin High School districts).

A Greenhaven Water District? 

All I am doing is essentially bookkeeping.  

It's a great candidate for a cash flow property, for the neighborhood, school district, etc.

You may be a bit less hesitant to invest in C areas if you know someone else is going to be doing the 'day to day' management of the property.Lately I have been 'shopping' for my real estate by school district.