The cost of living here is quite a bit cheaper than the coasts and the growth in real estate and elsewhere is on fire right now.

I got woke up by a phone call from a sub this morning telling me that he had just arrived at the rehab Im doing and fire trucks were there and smoke was pouring out of the place.

There was a fire that ruined 4 of the 9 units and the city will not allow repair and then occupancy as the building istoo close to road.

My parents lost their home and everything in it including their beloved 3 dogs to a fire.

They we're renting a mobile home on this lot when it suddenly caught fire back in October.

Further, he would speak about trudging through regulations and meeting what you could within the "line of fire", meaning he wasn't too "worried" about the regulations changing the business.

If you have any specific questions, fire away!

So I guess this is a lot of info, but I'm thinking perhaps with a raised building and a decent elevation I might could just have fire/earthquake/wind/hail/liability coverage for $2,000 (or hopefully less when I shop it around) and save the $1,500 a year on that flood rate.

Has been difficult to get that fire to take the first step outside the rule even with loads of calls and emails with little response from the MLS listings.

Unless its a $5MM commercial property netting you a million a year... its likely not going to be enough for you to fire your boss by 2/2015.Kudos,Mary