This article explains why even though MERS is demonized, there are two ways to approach it and believe me it took a lot more reading mixed up with a shin-ton of thought lounging in silence on the couch.It's true that I do my best thinking about complex dry **** when I'm focused, not stressed, in silence and in the mood for it.

My plan for tonight is to keep drying the floor, remove debris, and set up regular fans to blow across the wet vinyl.

They know that they might hit 10 or 20 dry holes in a row but all it takes is the 21st one to make big money.

Our front yard trees were dying so we had them removed and now our front yard is all sun all day and if it isn't watered a couple times a week it dries up and a lot of grass dies. 

I have a job 4-4.5 months of the year that pays pretty well but dries up during the summer months and around Christmas.

The problem is if you find one in the upper/middle crust neighborhood that another rei hasn't bought it won't cash flow.

But I already have reserves and a fully funded acquisition acct (dry powder as @Jerry W. likes to say).$7k/mo to some is a rounding error. 

You may be looking at this through the eyes of a Californian where brush fires and hot dry winds can cause major problems.

Price points of comps of the neighborhood.5. price range of rentsThere is not a cut and dry method- there can be a blur between b- and c+ but basically the B properties shouls fall within the medien rental range in the area and C the bottom of the range

Here some great reporting on them:http://www.cbc.ca/marketplace/2010/road_to_rich_dad/main.html I have search high and dry and will say that this is the best place to get a no "pie in the sky" education on real estate investing.