If the answer is yes, then Opportunity Zones both enhance the potential for your own balance sheet, and allow you to redeploy capital from other investments.The two greatest unknowns that concern me are the duration of the investment for tax free gains, and future legislative changes that can dramatically alter the policy.

It's 2018 and no reason why you can't leverage technology to streamline processes and enhance productivity.

(my house came within 2 inches of flooding- but did not flood. 

On a slab foundation the soil should be 4-6 inches below the top of the concrete but if it is not, and the soil gets saturated one of two things (or both) happen.

East Bay AreaI have a 2' x 2' concrete that had sunken down one inch.

Question,Recently purchased empty land, survey indicates neighbor property fence encroaches over few inches to 8+ feet in major area, and another approx. 1,800 sf. parcel off from out empty land. 

The pendulum is in the exact opposite phase right now, for everything that didn't need to be verified at all in 2006, now it needs to be verified 3 different ways (80% of the paperwork required you actually didn't even see or provide because it was on the back end, a typical printed loan file is currently about 4 inches thick, compliance costs to originate a FNMA mortgage are about $4000 to $8000 depending on who you ask).

Thanks for the info. in maine we have added risk and weight of snow and ice. risky add more weight to aging roof. ive done both. but prefer rentals get metal roofs so no build up no replacement for 30-50 years. btw 1 inch ice equals 12 inch fresh snow.  

It's raw land I inherited and now need to pay tax on......believed to be un-buildable property (10 acres, has a few inches of water so it's called 'wetland') although it's on a busy 2-lane road.    

The chemicals were $400, and I essentially dug a 12 inch ditch all the way around the perimeter and dumped them in.