For instance one of my markets in SC  the city is in the process of changing the zoning in the old industrial area to multi use commercial resi  with all sorts of development bonus for Leed  open space,, electric cars  bike paths etc.. transform and entire area.. what has been a waste land last 20 years will now become a new utopia  and the developers smart enough and expeirnced enough  to partake will do very well I predictAnd we cannot underestimated the value of networking and gaining a power position in one's field ... once a person or company gets to a certain level ( that they busted their butt to get to ) its amazing how the deals find you...

I asked about a power of attorney.  

I had a tenant cut holes into the ceiling so that he could tap into each of 2 neighbors' power lines in order to turn his entire apartment into a hydroponic growing lab.

I have personally used Nimble found it to powerful, easy and streamline. 

It seems to be a power thing for him, and reasonable sense has been thrown out the window.

Next, the power company required a 400 amp upgrade (cant remember) to the electrical which required spending 15k+ just to do so. 

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With the huge surge of interest in real estate investing by new and experienced investors, the return of home buyers to market and the resulting rise in prices I was curious to see what the community thought were today’s underutilized strategies and areas (cities, towns, states even blocks) that could be interesting in the next 6 months and are not yet popular enough to be something most people know about and are thus using thereby driving up prices as well as reducing supply. 

Remember "Knowledge is Power"Good Luck

rather small because I do have questions, but I'll save those for other parts of the forum so I can get some in-depth insight into those.My deepest motivation behind all this is a rather simple, but powerful thought I had one day.