Any of the suburbs should be good candidates, the school district tends to dictate the desirability.  

I am 29, single, employed, have ample savings, a full VA loan, and am pre approved for 550k, and looking within an hour of the dc metro area, ideally Harford county MD due to the good schools and military bases near by. 

Hi ALL,Just reaching out to see if you can give me some insights on Charlotte Michigan, Small City close to Lansing MI (21 Mil), I'm researching a Multifamily building, My concern is that there is 9,000 plus population only, I see articles that show is a good rental market, but it will be grate if anyone that knows the area can have some feedback as far is Schools, Crime rate, Economy and so on.As always, thank you guys, have a great day!!!!

Nice area though and properties probably will hold their value as long as kids go to school in person at a building/campus. 

Lake county school system is overloaded. 

Maybe you can if you already have a perfect SAT, make a large donation to the school, and have a personal relationship with the head of admissions. 

I never got to house hack, but I have done two live in flips in the Riverside area once my kids got into school.

I'm sorry this is the first time I have had to school someone on BP , everyone else has shown nothing but respect for their fellow human..I hope your parents are married and your mother, sister, friend ..

Now interest rates staying flat hasn't helped too much, but we are in the higher season of people moving/finishing school/etc. 6-8 months ago was a bit slower. 

One family member wants to move to get into better schools, but they don't want to give up their 4% rate and they're fine right now to continue to hold off, keep looking and wait for the next couple for years.