Then I saw a listing for a home in a community clustered around a tiny lake that rested between the granite peaked Thorodin Mountain to its East and the Continental Divide to its West.

Old Brooklyn, Brooklyn Centre, West Boulevard, Cleveland Heights and Lakewood are just some places that'll be a good spot to start with.

I don’t see how you do that with an 80 year old home, with high taxes and insurance in tornado alley or on the hurricane coast. 

The cities I am considering are Stuart, Jupiter, West Palm and Ft.

I expect West Chula Vista and IB to both out perform the market. 

Tbh that is what I have been thinking. especially since I am from the New Jersey/ New York area and prices got so insane here people are starting to move west so I figured Scranton is going to be up and coming.

., with states in the Northeast and the West seeing shrinking populations. 

Currently the pilot areas are restricted to designated pilots on the North, Northwest, West, South and Southeast sides. 

Quote from @Kurt West: An architect is your best friend during this phase.

Hi Tanjaree, here is what I found for the Waco metro area:Here are my rankings for zip codes in the metro area from best to worst-1.76706 (Waco) 2.76638 (Crawford) 3.76710 (Waco) 4.76630 (Bruceville) 5.76704 (Waco) 6.76640 (Elm Mott) 7.76708 (Waco) 8.76633 (China Spring) 9.76712 (Woodway) 10.76657 (McGregor) 11.76701 (Waco) 12.76691 (West) 13.76705 (Waco) 14.76655 (Lorena) 15.76643 (Hewitt) 16.76707 (Waco) 17.76711 (Waco) 18.76557 (Moody) 19.76682 (Riesel) 20.76524 (Eddy) 21.76624 (Axtell) 22.76664 (Mart) 23.76654 (Leroy)The Waco Metro also rates slightly above average compared to the rest of the state, making it a fairly safe bet as far as Texas goes.