Not a booming town, but not poverty stricken either it doesn’t seam.

and to continue finding off-market deals on my own.I also wonder how long this boom market will continue and will probably prep and list one of my nicer rentals soon. 

You may be eligible to exclude some gain from the sale.Dallas is a nice place to live/invest in.No state income tax and the state is booming business wise

Chicago is on a lake, so our city is a half circle with the center being downtown.  40 miles around the city is already developed so in the new construction boom before the crash we had hundreds of new communities being built on farmland 60 miles out. 

I should have posted a long time ago, this is a beautiful community.According to an attorney there is a second mortgage/lien for around 100K, and she said it's possible the holder of that loan won't try to  collect or enforce their lien. 

I always suggest looking for "pre-boom" cities that are crawling with investors just yet.Try looking at:The Best Types of Markets for Profitable Turnkey PropertiesandWhat to Ask When Working With a Turnkey Provider

The whole Buffalo market has been steady ( slow ) for years and years so we never really dealt with booms or busts, but with the crazy growth over the past several years, I can see things being over priced and possibly correcting, but when...

The economy has been booming for nearly a decade straight.

There are door collector's that will buy just about anything in order to add to their portfolio total so the Cap rate, Cash flow, etc are being overlooked.

Hardline came: boom.