Here is a list from Wikipedia.Crime - High levels of crime and long term profitability do not go together.

@Reba Vera if you have any gut level reaction like this, I would go with your gut.

My wife and I have a similar relationship, where I am the one passionate about investing, and about crunching numbers all that...but I'm lucky in that she loves the high level strategy. 

I will dig deeper at the local level.

Looking for someone experienced with smooth walls (level 5) or, if that's too hard to find, with quality old-world or troweled on texture.

The way you get into your first deals, at whatever level, are by saving and learning.

Even in this very general reply, I am getting far outside my level of expertise.

If you have held the property for longer than one year then it would be a long-term capital gain and taxed at the 15% rate you referenced (depending on the amount of gain and your level of income, of course).

(There's a bit more to it, including an understanding of her total other income sources, possible taxation of capital gains at 0% for certain income levels, etc. 

I actually talked with them about an executive level position years ago and I thought it seemed like a really cool place to work.