There are still plenty of high paying jobs left, but the economic fundamentals are certainly not great compared to many other opportunities in other markets

A new article came out showing Philadelphia investor saw the largest capital gains on their flip of 136% and Montgomery County seeing 78% gains (ranking 12th in the nation).

I’m trying to be smart economically, but also get something that won’t cause us problems with low quality. 

From my research, seems like healthcare is one of the largest employers in San Antonio.

Unless this is your dream house and that's what's necessitating the build, not the economics, you should really think twice before executing on this subdivision/new build.

It may not make financial or economic sense, but some people (me) reach a certain asset level and just do not want to deal with debt anymore.   

The appealing aspect here is the ongoing population growth and other economic factors.

I believe Raleigh has favorable macro-economic factors, yet is still semi-affordable compared to other hot markets such as San Diego, Denver, and Seattle. 

@Alan F.Every market will react differently depending on the the supply an demand and the economic drivers in that local economy.

More people probably looking in the cheaper/median priced areas as well with inflation kind of hitting peoples wallets more the last year or two.I think updating the units and being more aggressive on price is really all you can do since we obviously aren't in control of the economic factors.