I'm in the area that got totally burned down a few years ago. Most of the houses are up or nearly up .... except one. A guy bought a huge house on a large lot with a view .... cash ... for his tweeker daughter. After the fire there was some scandal about taking the insurance money and running off to Florida or something. They moved a trashy trailor on the property and thugs squatted on the land for a while. I see they've been kicked out and somebody is clearing the land. No Real Estate signs have gone up. I think the property is pretty negotiable as the dad probably just wants to unload the thing. The utilities are already in, land graded, etc. BB, what do you think about checking into pooling some money to get a house built and either rented out or sold for profit if the market allows? The rest of the neighborhood is nice and all new houses. I don't know for sure that it's for sale but I don't want to investigate without interest.