What bothers me is every time I have to give $1 to the Chase corporation, I am not giving it to my banker, I am giving it to the corrupt corporation who is one of several who nearly brought down our financial system and got a $700B cash injection without scrutiny on how to use the funds and never used the funds as they were intended which resulted in our economy tanking even worse and unemployment topping above 10% in our country.

With oil and gas tanking (pardon the pun), this is a good time to look.

Watching the local news last night, with the lotto up just under $1B, someone said "Your odds of winning the big one were about as good as being attacked by a shark in Iowa".

The planning commission said we wouldn't pass a perc test for a septic tank or be able to find water drilling a well because others had failed or be able to get utilities up that canyon or be able to cut a driveway through that cliff.

@Russell Brazil I suppose “tanks” is a strong word.

Is there a single job provider in the area that can move out tomorrow and tank the entire town?

Could be a huge buying opportunity coming up soon if the economy tanks. 

I would stick to a traditional tank system that is proven and easy to maintain.

Repairs needed.Basement 50 There is an old oil tank in the cellar that needs to be removed.

Then look up the following criteria:Unemployment ratesPopulation growthAge range population changes Median rent ratesVacancy ratesPercentage of job sectors (says be careful in areas that have one dominant sector +25% bc if that sector tanks it will most likely have a neg impact on rents)Top employers (same as above)The you take that data and observe the trend over the last 5 years to try and get a good grasp on how that area is trending.