SLU has also gotten a stretch along S Grand blighted, which allows them to redevelop that area and is another big upcoming improvement to the stretch of land between Choteau and I-44, where Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital is.The employers you mentioned (Monsanto, Boeing, etc) are engines that help the county areas a bit more as they're along more substantial inter-city travel corridors (I-70, I-170, I-270, etc).

excellent idea.another idea is get some cheap labor , cheap laminate flooring, and some elbow greece to just replace the rental flooring from carpet to hardwood for the absentee landlord for a grand or two and call it day.

I lost a few hundred grand in a BS company in 2008/2009.

This is where most small time wholesalers operate making a few grand per deal. 

Projects range from new water lines @ the Grand Canyon to new military bases in Djibouti, Africa.My wife and I bought our first investment property about 7 years ago.  

I thought I had a good deal until that grand reveal :) 

Not my story, but my partner's late grand aunt.

You will have to hit a grand slam in order to make up for the early withdrawal penalty, ordinary income tax hit and loss of expected investment income. 

Just over 2 weeks ago I had an accumulated debt of over 18 grand.

Maybe I missed it but how much were the purchase prices on all buildings to get the 6 grand in rent before we go all  nuclear mode