Or, create some sort of product that can be manufactured by someone, distributed by someone else, taken by phone, mail, and web orders.

We are in a "manufactured market", at the moment.I'd venture to guess that nailing short sales or doing some door knocking may be the way to go for now..

Sorry I don't recall his name, but the loss of a (IIRC tire) manufacturer and difficulites in the poultry processing industry has left some areas very bad off.TX has some strange property taxes on non owner occupied property and insurance rates are NOT regulated by the state, so make sure you have a firm binder.Also, TX does NOT regulate or license GENERAL CONTRACTORS, so be careful about anyone you hire as a GC.

If nothing else, they might be able to give you data in electronic form, then you could do some crunching on it.

One of the best handbooks I have is "Residential Asphalt Roofing Manual" from the Asphalt Roofing Manufacturer's Association.

It's the dry cleaners and manufacturers that tend to kill you.Plus if it is all contained in the soil and isn't in the groundwater that can be a big opportunity to get a property for a good price.

I am a project manager for a small manufacturing firm in Corvallis, OR. 

All contracts are signed electronically anyway. 

@Shane H. im curious, how do your tenants react to the extra charge of not going electronic?

I want to start using an electronic rental payment service to make it easier for myself and my tenants.