I'm fairly certain that if you phrase the question in a way that allows for a more quantifiable answer, you should easily be able to find the data you need to determine if the trend actually exists.Sorry to be so analytical about this, but I have a major pet peeve with people thinking their daily observations necessarily correlate to what's going on at a much bigger level.

After about a year I easily got a conventional loan and paid off the owner financing that was due.

I figured it would easily help myself and you guys to have punch list for homes.

If you put you or your wife's natural name, you may create a situation where the corporate veil can be pierced easily, thus loosing the protection from the LLC.

In tertiary markets nearby with larger tracts this cost could easily be reduced to south of $75psf.

These are two things that can easily be removed and "hidden" from me if given 24 hours notice.  

I can easily see is perspective: he doesn't want to open the books with his financiers, contractors, database, etc. and have you clone him after 6 months.

Other than the typical drinking/disorderly issues or the occasional car break-ins that pop up in some neighborhoods I haven't seen a lot of serious or violent crimes in town.As with any small growing city there are pockets of crime that generally stay within some specific neighborhoods which are fairly easily to identify but generally its not bad.

It could easily go the other way, so I don't recommend this option.  

that they can easily get to them all (or their network or handymen can).